Who Was Alive

Were Jeremy Bentham and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Jeremy Bentham and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1809 to 1832.

Jeremy Bentham was 60 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 23 when Jeremy Bentham died, aged 84.

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer

Born 15 February 1748 · died 6 June 1832, aged 84

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

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