Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Lewis Carroll alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Lewis Carroll were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1832 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 22 when Lewis Carroll was born.

Lewis Carroll was 33 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

Lewis Carroll

British author and scholar

Born 27 January 1832 · died 14 January 1898, aged 65

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