Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Theodor Mommsen alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Theodor Mommsen were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1817 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 8 when Theodor Mommsen was born.

Theodor Mommsen was 47 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

Theodor Mommsen

German classical scholar and historian

Born 30 November 1817 · died 1 November 1903, aged 85

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