Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and George Eliot alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and George Eliot were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1819 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 10 when George Eliot was born.

George Eliot was 45 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

George Eliot

English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist

Born 22 November 1819 · died 22 December 1880, aged 61

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