Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Henry Dunant alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Henry Dunant were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1828 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 19 when Henry Dunant was born.

Henry Dunant was 36 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

Henry Dunant

Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross

Born 8 May 1828 · died 30 October 1910, aged 82

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