Who Was Alive

Were Alessandro Volta and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Alessandro Volta and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1809 to 1827.

Alessandro Volta was 63 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 18 when Alessandro Volta died, aged 82.

Alessandro Volta

Italian chemist and physicist

Born 18 February 1745 · died 5 March 1827, aged 82

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

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