Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1817 to 1862.

Abraham Lincoln was 8 when Henry David Thoreau was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 53 when Henry David Thoreau died, aged 44.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet, and philosopher

Born 12 July 1817 · died 6 May 1862, aged 44

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Henry David Thoreau
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Abraham Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau 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.