Who Was Alive

Were Hans Christian Andersen and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Hans Christian Andersen and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Hans Christian Andersen was 3 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Hans Christian Andersen was 60 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer and poet

Born 2 April 1805 · died 4 August 1875, aged 70

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. Hans Christian Andersen
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Hans Christian Andersen 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.