Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1835 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 26 when Mark Twain was born.

Mark Twain was 29 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

Mark Twain

American author and humorist

Born 30 November 1835 · died 21 April 1910, aged 74

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