Who Was Alive

Were Germaine de Staël and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Germaine de Staël and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1809 to 1817.

Germaine de Staël was 42 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 8 when Germaine de Staël died, aged 51.

Germaine de Staël

Genevan-French author

Born 22 April 1766 · died 14 July 1817, aged 51

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Germaine de Staël
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Germaine de Staël 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.