Who Was Alive

Were Nathaniel Hawthorne and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1809 to 1864.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was 4 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 55 when Nathaniel Hawthorne died, aged 59.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author

Born 4 July 1804 · died 19 May 1864, aged 59

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. Nathaniel Hawthorne
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Nathaniel Hawthorne 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.