Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Paul Gauguin alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Paul Gauguin were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1848 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 39 when Paul Gauguin was born.

Paul Gauguin was 16 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

Paul Gauguin

French painter and printmaker

Born 7 June 1848 · died 8 May 1903, aged 54

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