Who Was Alive

Were Franklin Pierce and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Franklin Pierce and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Franklin Pierce was 4 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Franklin Pierce was 60 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Franklin Pierce

President of the United States from 1853 to 1857

Born 23 November 1804 · died 8 October 1869, aged 64

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. Franklin Pierce
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
Franklin Pierce 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.