Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Vincent van Gogh alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Vincent van Gogh were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1853 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 44 when Vincent van Gogh was born.

Vincent van Gogh was 12 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

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter

Born 30 March 1853 · died 29 July 1890, aged 37

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