Who was born first, Abraham Lincoln or Otto von Bismarck?

Abraham Lincoln was born first, in 1809. Otto von Bismarck was born in 1815.

Abraham Lincoln & Otto von Bismarck

Did Abraham Lincoln and Otto von Bismarck live at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Otto von Bismarck lived at the same time for 50 years, from 1815 to 1865.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Abraham Lincoln · Otto von Bismarck · Born in 1809 · Born in 1815

Abraham Lincoln

1809–1865

Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Otto von Bismarck

1815–1898

Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

18091898

Abraham Lincoln

Otto von Bismarck

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

Born in Hodgenville

Died in Washington, D.C.

Otto von Bismarck

Politics & Leadership

Born in Schönhausen (Elbe)

Died in Friedrichsruh

World Events During Their Overlap

1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated

1825 First public railway opens in England

1833 Slavery abolished in British Empire

1838 First photograph of a person taken

1848 Revolutions of 1848 sweep Europe

1853 Crimean War begins

1859 Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

1861 American Civil War begins

1865 Abolition of slavery in the United States

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Otto von Bismarck & Giuseppe Verdi

83 years overlap

Otto von Bismarck & Queen Victoria

79 years overlap

Otto von Bismarck & Susan B. Anthony

78 years overlap

Sources

Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln (Q91) — Wikidata
Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
Otto von Bismarck (Q8442) — Wikidata