Who Was Alive

Were Edgar Allan Poe and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Edgar Allan Poe and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1809 to 1849.

Edgar Allan Poe was under a year old when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Both were 40 when Edgar Allan Poe died.

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic

Born 19 January 1809 · died 7 October 1849, aged 40

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. Edgar Allan Poe
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Edgar Allan Poe 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.