Who Was Alive

Were Caspar David Friedrich and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Caspar David Friedrich and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1809 to 1840.

Caspar David Friedrich was 34 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 31 when Caspar David Friedrich died, aged 65.

Caspar David Friedrich

German Romantic landscape painter

Born 5 September 1774 · died 7 May 1840, aged 65

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. Caspar David Friedrich
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Caspar David Friedrich 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.