Who Was Alive

Were François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1809 to 1848.

François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand was 40 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 39 when François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand died, aged 79.

François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

French writer, politician and historian

Born 4 September 1768 · died 4 July 1848, aged 79

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. François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand 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.