Who Was Alive

Were John Adams and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. John Adams and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1809 to 1826.

John Adams was 73 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 17 when John Adams died, aged 90.

John Adams

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801

Born 19 October 1735 (Julian calendar) · died 4 July 1826, aged 90

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

  1. John Adams
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
John Adams 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.