Who Was Alive

Were Ulysses S. Grant and Vladimir Lenin alive at the same time?

Yes. Ulysses S. Grant and Vladimir Lenin were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1870 to 1885.

Ulysses S. Grant was 47 when Vladimir Lenin was born.

Vladimir Lenin was 15 when Ulysses S. Grant died, aged 63.

Ulysses S. Grant

President of the United States from 1869 to 1877

Born 27 April 1822 · died 23 July 1885, aged 63

Vladimir Lenin

Founding leader of the Soviet Union

Born 22 April 1870 · died 21 January 1924, aged 53

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Ulysses S. Grant
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Ulysses S. Grant and Vladimir Lenin 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.