Who Was Alive

Were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1809 to 1832.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 59 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 23 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died, aged 82.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

Born 28 August 1749 · died 22 March 1832, aged 82

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. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.