Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and David Livingstone alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and David Livingstone were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1813 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 4 when David Livingstone was born.

David Livingstone was 52 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

David Livingstone

Scottish missionary and explorer

Born 19 March 1813 · died 1 May 1873, aged 60

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