Who Was Alive

Were John Keats and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. John Keats and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1809 to 1821.

John Keats was 13 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 12 when John Keats died, aged 25.

John Keats

English Romantic poet

Born 31 October 1795 · died 23 February 1821, aged 25

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. John Keats
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
John Keats 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.