Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Richard Wagner alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Richard Wagner were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1813 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 4 when Richard Wagner was born.

Richard Wagner was 51 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

Richard Wagner

German composer

Born 22 May 1813 · died 13 February 1883, aged 69

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