Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Herbert Spencer alive at the same time?

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

Abraham Lincoln was 11 when Herbert Spencer was born.

Herbert Spencer 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

Herbert Spencer

English philosopher and political theorist

Born 27–28 April 1820 · died 8 December 1903, aged 83

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