Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Robert Schumann were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1810 to 1856.

Abraham Lincoln was 1 when Robert Schumann was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 47 when Robert Schumann died, aged 46.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic

Born 8 June 1810 · died 29 July 1856, aged 46

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Robert Schumann
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Abraham Lincoln and Robert Schumann 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.