Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Taras Shevchenko alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Taras Shevchenko were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1814 to 1861.

Abraham Lincoln was 5 when Taras Shevchenko was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 52 when Taras Shevchenko died, aged 47.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

Taras Shevchenko

Ukrainian poet and artist

Born 25 February 1814 (Julian calendar) · died 26 February 1861 (Julian calendar), aged 47

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