Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and P. T. Barnum alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and P. T. Barnum were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1810 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 1 when P. T. Barnum was born.

P. T. Barnum was 54 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

P. T. Barnum

American showman and politician

Born 5 July 1810 · died 7 April 1891, aged 80

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