Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and John Ruskin alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and John Ruskin were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1819 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 9 when John Ruskin was born.

John Ruskin was 46 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

John Ruskin

English writer and art critic

Born 8 February 1819 · died 20 January 1900, aged 80

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