Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Anne Brontë alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Anne Brontë were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1820 to 1849.

Abraham Lincoln was 10 when Anne Brontë was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 40 when Anne Brontë died, aged 29.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

Anne Brontë

British novelist and poet

Born 17 January 1820 · died 28 May 1849, aged 29

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Anne Brontë
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Abraham Lincoln and Anne Brontë 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.