Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and William Makepeace Thackeray alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and William Makepeace Thackeray were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1811 to 1863.

Abraham Lincoln was 2 when William Makepeace Thackeray was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 54 when William Makepeace Thackeray died, aged 52.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

William Makepeace Thackeray

British novelist

Born 18 July 1811 · died 24 December 1863, aged 52

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. William Makepeace Thackeray
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Abraham Lincoln and William Makepeace Thackeray 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.