Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Frédéric Chopin alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Frédéric Chopin were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1810 to 1849.

Abraham Lincoln was 1 when Frédéric Chopin was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 40 when Frédéric Chopin died, aged 39.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist

Born 1 March 1810 · died 17 October 1849, aged 39

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Frédéric Chopin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Abraham Lincoln and Frédéric Chopin in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.