Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1809 to 1826.

Thomas Jefferson was 65 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 17 when Thomas Jefferson died, aged 83.

Thomas Jefferson

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809

Born 2 April 1743 (Julian calendar) · died 4 July 1826, aged 83

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Thomas Jefferson 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.