Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Gustave Flaubert alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Gustave Flaubert were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1821 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 12 when Gustave Flaubert was born.

Gustave Flaubert was 43 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

Gustave Flaubert

French novelist

Born 12 December 1821 · died 8 May 1880, aged 58

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