Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Thomas Young and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1809 to 1829.

Thomas Young was 35 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 20 when Thomas Young died, aged 55.

Thomas Young

English polymath

Born 13 June 1773 · died 10 May 1829, aged 55

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 Young
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Thomas Young 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.