Who was born first, Albert Einstein or Scott Joplin?

Scott Joplin was born first, in 1868. Albert Einstein was born in 1879.

Albert Einstein & Scott Joplin

Did Albert Einstein and Scott Joplin live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Scott Joplin lived at the same time for 38 years, from 1879 to 1917.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Albert Einstein · Scott Joplin · Born in 1879 · Born in 1868

Albert Einstein

1879–1955

Science & Invention

Theory of relativity, E=mc²

18681955

Albert Einstein

Scott Joplin

Albert Einstein

Science & Invention

Born in Ulm

Died in Princeton

Scott Joplin

Music

Born in Texarkana

Died in New York City

World Events During Their Overlap

1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa

1893 New Zealand becomes first country to grant women's suffrage

1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens

1898 Spanish-American War

1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight

1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity

1912 Sinking of the Titanic

1914 World War I begins

1917 Russian Revolution

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Sources

Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
Scott Joplin (Q191499) — Wikidata