Who Was Alive

Were Giacomo Leopardi and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Giacomo Leopardi and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1809 to 1837.

Giacomo Leopardi was 10 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 28 when Giacomo Leopardi died, aged 38.

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian noble, poet, philosopher, and writer

Born 29 June 1798 · died 14 June 1837, aged 38

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. Giacomo Leopardi
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Giacomo Leopardi 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.