Who Was Alive

Were Marquis de Sade and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Marquis de Sade and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1809 to 1814.

Marquis de Sade was 68 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 5 when Marquis de Sade died, aged 74.

Marquis de Sade

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

Born 2 June 1740 · died 2 December 1814, aged 74

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

  1. George Washington
  2. Marquis de Sade
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Marquis de Sade 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.