Who Was Alive

Were Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1809 to 1831.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was 38 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 22 when Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel died, aged 61.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher and theologian

Born 27 August 1770 · died 14 November 1831, aged 61

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. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 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.