Who Was Alive

Were Klemens von Metternich and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Klemens von Metternich and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1809 to 1859.

Klemens von Metternich was 35 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 50 when Klemens von Metternich died, aged 86.

Klemens von Metternich

Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor

Born 15 May 1773 · died 11 June 1859, aged 86

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. Klemens von Metternich
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Klemens von Metternich 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.