Who Was Alive

Were Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was 1 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was 58 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator

Born 27 February 1807 · died 24 March 1882, aged 75

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. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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.