Who Was Alive

Were John Adams and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

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

John Adams was 73 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin 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

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. John Adams
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
John Adams and Charles Darwin 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.