Who Was Alive

Were Heinrich Heine and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Heinrich Heine and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1809 to 1856.

Heinrich Heine was 11 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 47 when Heinrich Heine died, aged 58.

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic

Born 13 December 1797 · died 17 February 1856, aged 58

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. Heinrich Heine
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Heinrich Heine 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.