Who Was Alive

Were E. T. A. Hoffmann and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. E. T. A. Hoffmann and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 12 or 13 years, from 1809 to 1822.

E. T. A. Hoffmann was 33 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 12 or 13 when E. T. A. Hoffmann died, aged 45 or 46.

E. T. A. Hoffmann

German writer

Born 24 January 1776 · died 1822, aged 45 or 46

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. E. T. A. Hoffmann
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
E. T. A. Hoffmann 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.