Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Johannes Brahms alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Johannes Brahms were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1833 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 24 when Johannes Brahms was born.

Johannes Brahms was 31 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

Johannes Brahms

German composer

Born 7 May 1833 · died 3 April 1897, aged 63

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