Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Robert Malthus and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Robert Malthus and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1809 to 1834.

Thomas Robert Malthus was 42 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 25 when Thomas Robert Malthus died, aged 68.

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist

Born 13–14 February 1766 · died 23 December 1834, aged 68

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. Thomas Robert Malthus
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Thomas Robert Malthus 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.