Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Herman Melville alive at the same time?

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

Abraham Lincoln was 10 when Herman Melville was born.

Herman Melville 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

Herman Melville

American writer and poet

Born 1 August 1819 · died 28 September 1891, aged 72

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