Who Was Alive

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

Yes. John Quincy Adams and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1809 to 1848.

John Quincy Adams was 41 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 39 when John Quincy Adams died, aged 80.

John Quincy Adams

President of the United States from 1825 to 1829

Born 11 July 1767 · died 23 February 1848, aged 80

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. John Quincy Adams
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
John Quincy 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.