Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Louisa May Alcott alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Louisa May Alcott were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1832 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 23 when Louisa May Alcott was born.

Louisa May Alcott was 32 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

Louisa May Alcott

American novelist

Born 29 November 1832 · died 6 March 1888, aged 55

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Louisa May Alcott
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
  10. Albert Einstein
Abraham Lincoln and Louisa May Alcott 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.