Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Carlyle and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

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

Thomas Carlyle was 13 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Thomas Carlyle was 69 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher

Born 4 December 1795 · died 5 February 1881, aged 85

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. Thomas Carlyle
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Thomas Carlyle 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.