Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and William James alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and William James were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1842 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 32 when William James was born.

William James was 23 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 James

American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist

Born 11 January 1842 · died 26 August 1910, aged 68

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