Who Was Alive

Were Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Robert E. Lee was 2 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Robert E. Lee was 58 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Robert E. Lee

Confederate States general

Born 19 January 1807 · died 12 October 1870, aged 63

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. Robert E. Lee
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Robert E. Lee 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.