Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Susan B. Anthony alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Susan B. Anthony were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1820 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 11 when Susan B. Anthony was born.

Susan B. Anthony was 45 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

Susan B. Anthony

American women's rights activist

Born 15 February 1820 · died 13 March 1906, aged 86

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