Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1828 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 19 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 36 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

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

Born 28 August 1828 (Julian calendar) · died 7 November 1910 (Julian calendar), aged 82

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