Who Was Alive

Were Washington Irving and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Washington Irving and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1809 to 1859.

Washington Irving was 25 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 50 when Washington Irving died, aged 76.

Washington Irving

American writer, historian and diplomat

Born 3 April 1783 · died 28 November 1859, aged 76

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. Washington Irving
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Washington Irving 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.