Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Alfred Tennyson alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Alfred Tennyson were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was under a year old when Alfred Tennyson was born.

Alfred Tennyson was 55 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

Alfred Tennyson

British Poet Laureate

Born 6 August 1809 · died 6 October 1892, aged 83

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Alfred Tennyson
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
  10. Adolf Hitler
Abraham Lincoln and Alfred Tennyson 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.