Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Friedrich Engels alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Friedrich Engels were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1820 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 11 when Friedrich Engels was born.

Friedrich Engels was 44 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

Friedrich Engels

German philosopher, sociologist and economist

Born 28 November 1820 · died 5 August 1895, aged 74

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Friedrich Engels
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
  10. Adolf Hitler
Abraham Lincoln and Friedrich Engels 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.