Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Gregor Mendel alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Gregor Mendel were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1822 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 13 when Gregor Mendel was born.

Gregor Mendel was 42 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

Gregor Mendel

Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar

Born 20 July 1822 · died 6 January 1884, aged 61

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