Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Søren Kierkegaard alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Søren Kierkegaard were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1813 to 1855.

Abraham Lincoln was 4 when Søren Kierkegaard was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 46 when Søren Kierkegaard died, aged 42.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic

Born 5 May 1813 · died 11 November 1855, aged 42

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