Who Was Alive

Were Gioachino Rossini and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

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

Gioachino Rossini was 16 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Gioachino Rossini was 73 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Gioachino Rossini

Italian opera composer

Born 29 February 1792 · died 13 November 1868, aged 76

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. Gioachino Rossini
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Gioachino Rossini 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.