Who was born first, Albert Einstein or Pelé?

Albert Einstein was born first, in 1879. Pelé was born in 1940.

Albert Einstein & Pelé

Did Albert Einstein and Pelé live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Pelé lived at the same time for 15 years, from 1940 to 1955.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Albert Einstein · Pelé · Born in 1879 · Born in 1940

Albert Einstein

1879–1955

Science & Invention

Theory of relativity, E=mc²

Pelé

1940–2022

Sports

The King of Football, 3 World Cups

18792022

Albert Einstein

Pelé

Albert Einstein

Science & Invention

Born in Ulm

Died in Princeton

Pelé

Sports

Born in Três Corações

Died in Morumbi

World Events During Their Overlap

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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Sources

Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
Pelé — Wikipedia
Pelé (Q12897) — Wikidata