Who Was Alive

Were Wilhelm I and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

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

Wilhelm I was 11 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Wilhelm I was 68 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Wilhelm I

19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia

Born 22 March 1797 · died 9 March 1888, aged 90

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