Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Emily Brontë were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1818 to 1848.

Abraham Lincoln was 9 when Emily Brontë was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 39 when Emily Brontë died, aged 30.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

Emily Brontë

English novelist and poet

Born 30 July 1818 · died 19 December 1848, aged 30

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