Who Was Alive

Were Auguste Comte and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Auguste Comte and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1809 to 1857.

Auguste Comte was 11 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 48 when Auguste Comte died, aged 59.

Auguste Comte

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist

Born 19 January 1798 · died 5 September 1857, aged 59

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. Auguste Comte
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Auguste Comte 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.