Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Otto von Bismarck alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Otto von Bismarck were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1815 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 6 when Otto von Bismarck was born.

Otto von Bismarck was 50 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

Otto von Bismarck

German statesman and Chancellor

Born 1 April 1815 · died 30 July 1898, aged 83

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