Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Évariste Galois alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Évariste Galois were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1811 to 1832.

Abraham Lincoln was 2 when Évariste Galois was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 23 when Évariste Galois died, aged 20.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

Évariste Galois

French mathematician

Born 25 October 1811 · died 31 May 1832, aged 20

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