Who Was Alive

Were Victor Hugo and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

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

Victor Hugo was 6 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Victor Hugo was 63 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician

Born 26 February 1802 · died 22 May 1885, aged 83

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