Who was born first, Herman Melville or Otto von Bismarck?

Otto von Bismarck was born first, in 1815. Herman Melville was born in 1819.

Herman Melville & Otto von Bismarck

Did Herman Melville and Otto von Bismarck live at the same time?

Yes. Herman Melville and Otto von Bismarck lived at the same time for 72 years, from 1819 to 1891.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Herman Melville · Otto von Bismarck · Born in 1819 · Born in 1815

Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

18151898

Herman Melville

Otto von Bismarck

Herman Melville

Literature

Born in Manhattan

Died in New York City

Otto von Bismarck

Politics & Leadership

Born in Schönhausen (Elbe)

Died in Friedrichsruh

World Events During Their Overlap

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

1869 Suez Canal opens

1871 Unification of Germany

1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa

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83 years overlap

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79 years overlap

Otto von Bismarck & Susan B. Anthony

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Sources

Herman Melville — Wikipedia
Herman Melville (Q4985) — Wikidata
Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
Otto von Bismarck (Q8442) — Wikidata