Who Was Alive

Were Arthur Schopenhauer and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Arthur Schopenhauer and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1809 to 1860.

Arthur Schopenhauer was 20 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 51 when Arthur Schopenhauer died, aged 72.

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher

Born 22 February 1788 · died 21 September 1860, aged 72

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

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