Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Friedrich Nietzsche alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Friedrich Nietzsche were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1844 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 35 when Friedrich Nietzsche was born.

Friedrich Nietzsche was 20 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

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher

Born 15 October 1844 · died 25 August 1900, aged 55

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