Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Robert Koch alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Robert Koch were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1843 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 34 when Robert Koch was born.

Robert Koch 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

Robert Koch

German physician, bacteriologist

Born 11 December 1843 · died 27 May 1910, aged 66

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