Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Oscar Wilde alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Oscar Wilde were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1854 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 45 when Oscar Wilde was born.

Oscar Wilde was 10 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

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete

Born 16 October 1854 · died 30 November 1900, aged 46

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