Who Was Alive

Were Niels Henrik Abel and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Niels Henrik Abel and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1809 to 1829.

Niels Henrik Abel was 6 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 20 when Niels Henrik Abel died, aged 26.

Niels Henrik Abel

Norwegian mathematician

Born 5 August 1802 · died 6 April 1829, aged 26

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. Niels Henrik Abel
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Niels Henrik Abel 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.