Who Was Alive

Were James Watt and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. James Watt and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1809 to 1819.

James Watt was 73 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 10 when James Watt died, aged 83.

James Watt

British engineer

Born 19 January 1736 · died 25 August 1819, aged 83

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

  1. James Watt
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
James Watt 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.