Who Was Alive

Were Friedrich Hölderlin and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Friedrich Hölderlin and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1809 to 1843.

Friedrich Hölderlin was 38 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 34 when Friedrich Hölderlin died, aged 73.

Friedrich Hölderlin

German poet

Born 20 March 1770 · died 7 June 1843, 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. Friedrich Hölderlin
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Friedrich Hölderlin 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.