Who Was Alive

Were Charles Babbage and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

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

Charles Babbage was 17 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Charles Babbage was 73 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer

Born 26 December 1791 · died 18 October 1871, aged 79

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. Charles Babbage
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Charles Babbage 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.