Who Was Alive

Were Katsushika Hokusai and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Katsushika Hokusai and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1809 to 1849.

Katsushika Hokusai was 48 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 40 when Katsushika Hokusai died, aged 88.

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese artist

Born 31 October 1760 · died 10 May 1849, aged 88

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. Katsushika Hokusai
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Katsushika Hokusai 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.