Who was born first, Albert Einstein or Yuri Gagarin?

Albert Einstein was born first, in 1879. Yuri Gagarin was born in 1934.

Albert Einstein & Yuri Gagarin

Did Albert Einstein and Yuri Gagarin live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Yuri Gagarin lived at the same time for 21 years, from 1934 to 1955.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Albert Einstein · Yuri Gagarin · Born in 1879 · Born in 1934

Albert Einstein

1879–1955

Science & Invention

Theory of relativity, E=mc²

18791968

Albert Einstein

Yuri Gagarin

Albert Einstein

Science & Invention

Born in Ulm

Died in Princeton

Yuri Gagarin

Exploration

Born in Klushino

Died in Novosyolovo

World Events During Their Overlap

1936 Spanish Civil War begins

1939 World War II begins

1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII

1944 D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy

1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; WWII ends

1945 United Nations founded

1947 India and Pakistan gain independence

1948 State of Israel established

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted

1949 People's Republic of China proclaimed

1950 Korean War begins

1953 Watson and Crick discover DNA structure

1955 Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Yuri Gagarin & Igor Stravinsky

34 years overlap

Yuri Gagarin & Coco Chanel

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Sources

Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
Yuri Gagarin — Wikipedia
Yuri Gagarin (Q7327) — Wikidata