Who Was Alive

Were William Wordsworth and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. William Wordsworth and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1809 to 1850.

William Wordsworth was 38 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 41 when William Wordsworth died, aged 80.

William Wordsworth

English Romantic poet

Born 7 April 1770 · died 23 April 1850, aged 80

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. William Wordsworth
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
William Wordsworth 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.