Who Was Alive

Were Carl von Clausewitz and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Carl von Clausewitz and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1809 to 1831.

Carl von Clausewitz was 28 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 22 when Carl von Clausewitz died, aged 51.

Carl von Clausewitz

German-Prussian general and military theorist

Born 1 June 1780 · died 16 November 1831, aged 51

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. Carl von Clausewitz
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Carl von Clausewitz 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.