Who Was Alive

Were Joseph Fourier and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph Fourier and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1809 to 1830.

Joseph Fourier was 40 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 21 when Joseph Fourier died, aged 62.

Joseph Fourier

French mathematician and physicist

Born 21 March 1768 · died 16 May 1830, aged 62

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. Joseph Fourier
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Joseph Fourier 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.