Who Was Alive

Were Stendhal and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Stendhal and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1809 to 1842.

Stendhal was 26 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 33 when Stendhal died, aged 59.

Stendhal

French writer

Born 23 January 1783 · died 23 March 1842, 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. Stendhal
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Stendhal 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.