Who Was Alive

Were Prosper Mérimée and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Prosper Mérimée and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Prosper Mérimée was 5 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Prosper Mérimée was 61 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Prosper Mérimée

French writer, archaeologist and historian

Born 28 September 1803 · died 23 September 1870, aged 66

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. Prosper Mérimée
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Prosper Mérimée 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.