Who Was Alive

Were Martin Van Buren and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Martin Van Buren and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 53 years, from 1809 to 1862.

Martin Van Buren was 26 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 53 when Martin Van Buren died, aged 79.

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

Born 5 December 1782 · died 24 July 1862, aged 79

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. Martin Van Buren
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Martin Van Buren 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.