Who was born first, Abraham Lincoln or Victor Hugo?

Victor Hugo was born first, in 1802. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.

Abraham Lincoln & Victor Hugo

Did Abraham Lincoln and Victor Hugo live at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Victor Hugo lived at the same time for 56 years, from 1809 to 1865.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Abraham Lincoln · Victor Hugo · Born in 1809 · Born in 1802

Abraham Lincoln

1809–1865

Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Victor Hugo

1802–1885

Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

18021885

Abraham Lincoln

Victor Hugo

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

Born in Hodgenville

Died in Washington, D.C.

Victor Hugo

Literature

Born in Besançon

Died in Paris

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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79 years overlap

Victor Hugo & Franz Liszt

74 years overlap

Victor Hugo & Charles Darwin

73 years overlap

Sources

Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln (Q91) — Wikidata
Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
Victor Hugo (Q535) — Wikidata