Who Was Alive

Were Shaka Zulu and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Shaka Zulu and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1809 to 1828.

Abraham Lincoln was 19 when Shaka Zulu died.

Shaka Zulu

Leader of the Zulu Kingdom

Born 1785–1789 · died 22–24 September 1828

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. Shaka Zulu
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Shaka Zulu 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.