Who Was Alive

Were Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was under a year old when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 55 when Pierre-Joseph Proudhon died, aged 56.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist

Born 15 January 1809 · died 19 January 1865, aged 56

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. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 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.