Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and O. Henry alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and O. Henry were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1862 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 53 when O. Henry was born.

O. Henry was 2 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

O. Henry

American short story writer

Born 11 September 1862 · died 5 June 1910, aged 47

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