Who Was Alive

Were Lord Byron and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Lord Byron and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1809 to 1824.

Lord Byron was 21 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 15 when Lord Byron died, aged 36.

Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist

Born 22 January 1788 · died 19 April 1824, aged 36

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. Lord Byron
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Lord Byron 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.