Who Was Alive

Were Ludwig van Beethoven and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Ludwig van Beethoven and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1809 to 1827.

Abraham Lincoln was 18 when Ludwig van Beethoven died.

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer

Born c. 1770 · died 26 March 1827

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. Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Ludwig van Beethoven 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.