Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Jules Verne alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Jules Verne were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1828 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 18 when Jules Verne was born.

Jules Verne was 37 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

Jules Verne

French writer

Born 8 February 1828 · died 24 March 1905, aged 77

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