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Which came first: Ben-Hur or Tom and Jerry?

Tom and Jerry came first, in 1940 (first appear). Ben-Hur followed 19 years later, in 1959 (released).

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  1. Second1959

    Ben-Hur

    film · released

    Ben-Hur, from 1959, won 11 Oscars, a record since matched but never beaten.

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  2. First1940

    Tom and Jerry

    character · first appear

    Tom and Jerry first appeared in 1940, in a cartoon called Puss Gets the Boot.

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.