Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and William Ewart Gladstone alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and William Ewart Gladstone were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was under a year old when William Ewart Gladstone was born.

William Ewart Gladstone was 55 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

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister

Born 29 December 1809 · died 19 May 1898, aged 88

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