Who Was Alive

Were Felix Mendelssohn and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Felix Mendelssohn and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1809 to 1847.

Felix Mendelssohn was under a year old when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Both were 38 when Felix Mendelssohn died.

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

Born 3 February 1809 · died 4 November 1847, aged 38

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. Felix Mendelssohn
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Felix Mendelssohn 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.