Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Bedřich Smetana alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Bedřich Smetana were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1824 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 15 when Bedřich Smetana was born.

Bedřich Smetana was 41 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

Bedřich Smetana

Czech composer

Born 2 March 1824 · died 12 May 1884, aged 60

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Bedřich Smetana
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
  10. Albert Einstein
Abraham Lincoln and Bedřich Smetana 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.