Who Was Alive

Were Gregory XVI and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Gregory XVI and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1809 to 1846.

Gregory XVI was 43 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 37 when Gregory XVI died, aged 80.

Gregory XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846

Born 18 September 1765 · died 1 June 1846, 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. Gregory XVI
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Gregory XVI 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.