Who Was Alive

Were Edward Jenner and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Edward Jenner and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1809 to 1823.

Edward Jenner was 59 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 13 when Edward Jenner died, aged 73.

Edward Jenner

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination

Born 17 May 1749 · died 26 January 1823, aged 73

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

  1. Edward Jenner
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Edward Jenner 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.