Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Florence Nightingale alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Florence Nightingale were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1820 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 11 when Florence Nightingale was born.

Florence Nightingale 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

Florence Nightingale

English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing

Born 12 May 1820 · died 13 August 1910, aged 90

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