Who Was Alive

Were Alexandre Dumas and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexandre Dumas and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Alexandre Dumas was 6 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Alexandre Dumas was 62 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Alexandre Dumas

French writer and dramatist

Born 24 July 1802 · died 5 December 1870, aged 68

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Alexandre Dumas
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Alexandre Dumas and Abraham Lincoln 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.