Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Paul Verlaine alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Paul Verlaine were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1844 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 35 when Paul Verlaine was born.

Paul Verlaine was 21 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

Paul Verlaine

French poet

Born 30 March 1844 · died 8 January 1896, aged 51

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