Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Cecil John Rhodes alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Cecil John Rhodes were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1853 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 44 when Cecil John Rhodes was born.

Cecil John Rhodes was 11 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

Cecil John Rhodes

British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa

Born 5 July 1853 · died 26 March 1902, aged 48

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