Who Was Alive

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

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

They were born on the same day: 12 February 1809.

Both were 56 when Abraham Lincoln died.

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

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 Darwin
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin 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.