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Abraham Lincoln

1809 - 1865

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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederate States of America and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery. Lincoln was born into poverty in Kentucky and raised on the frontier. He was self-educated and became a lawyer, Illinois state legislator, and U.S. representative. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Lincoln is the 59th most popular politician (down from 37th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from United States (down from 14th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Politician.

Abraham Lincoln is most famous for being the 16th president of the United States. He led the country through the Civil War, which was a conflict between the Northern and Southern states. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abraham Lincoln ranks 59 out of 19,576. Before him are Cicero, Richard III of England, Cnut the Great, Xerxes I, Nicholas II of Russia, and Henry Kissinger. After him are James K. Polk, William III of England, James II of England, Pompey, Darius the Great, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Abraham Lincoln ranks 3. Before him are Charles Darwin, and Edgar Allan Poe. After him are Felix Mendelssohn, Nikolai Gogol, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis Braille, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Bruno Bauer, and Joseph Liouville. Among people deceased in 1865, Abraham Lincoln ranks 1. After him are John Wilkes Booth, Ignaz Semmelweis, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Leopold I of Belgium, William Rowan Hamilton, Emil Lenz, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Johann Franz Encke, William Jackson Hooker, and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abraham Lincoln ranks 20 out of 20,380. Before him are Clint Eastwood (1930), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Martin Van Buren (1782), Steve Jobs (1955), Hillary Clinton (1947), and Marilyn Monroe (1926). After him are James K. Polk (1795), Steven Spielberg (1946), Elvis Presley (1935), T. S. Eliot (1888), Grace Kelly (1929), and Malcolm X (1925).

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Among politicians born in United States, Abraham Lincoln ranks 9. Before him are Thomas Jefferson (1743), Andrew Jackson (1767), William McKinley (1843), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Martin Van Buren (1782), and Hillary Clinton (1947). After him are James K. Polk (1795), Ronald Reagan (1911), George Washington (1732), John F. Kennedy (1917), Joe Biden (1942), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882).

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