Who Was Alive

Were Walter Scott and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Walter Scott and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1809 to 1832.

Walter Scott was 37 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 23 when Walter Scott died, aged 61.

Walter Scott

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright

Born 15 August 1771 · died 21 September 1832, aged 61

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. Walter Scott
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Walter Scott 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.