Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Charles Baudelaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Charles Baudelaire were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1821 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 12 when Charles Baudelaire was born.

Charles Baudelaire was 44 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

Charles Baudelaire

French poet and critic

Born 9 April 1821 · died 31 August 1867, aged 46

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