Who Was Alive

Were Pierre-Simon Laplace and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Pierre-Simon Laplace and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1809 to 1827.

Pierre-Simon Laplace was 59 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 18 when Pierre-Simon Laplace died, aged 77.

Pierre-Simon Laplace

French mathematician and astronomer

Born 23 March 1749 · died 5 March 1827, aged 77

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

  1. Pierre-Simon Laplace
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Pierre-Simon Laplace 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.