Who Was Alive

Were Alexis de Tocqueville and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexis de Tocqueville and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1809 to 1859.

Alexis de Tocqueville was 3 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 50 when Alexis de Tocqueville died, aged 53.

Alexis de Tocqueville

French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs

Born 29 July 1805 · died 16 April 1859, aged 53

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. Alexis de Tocqueville
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Alexis de Tocqueville 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.