Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Henrik Ibsen alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Henrik Ibsen were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1828 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 19 when Henrik Ibsen was born.

Henrik Ibsen was 37 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

Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian playwright and theatre director

Born 20 March 1828 · died 23 May 1906, aged 78

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