Who was alive at the same time as Audrey Hepburn?

British actress

Audrey Hepburn lived 1929–1993. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1929–1993
Lifespan: about 64 years
Born in, as it was then: Ixelles
On today’s map: Belgium

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Did you know?

When Audrey Hepburn was born, Adolf Hitler was already about 40 years old.
Audrey Hepburn was about 8 when Saddam Hussein was born.
Audrey Hepburn and Albert Einstein (German-born theoretical physicist) shared about 26 years on Earth, one born in Belgium and the other in Germany.
Mother Teresa outlived Audrey Hepburn by about 4 years.

Famous contemporaries of Audrey Hepburn

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 16 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 24 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 16 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 47 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 36 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 41 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 26 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 10 yrs shared
Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · 2 yrs shared
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · 5 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 17 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 22 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 64 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 44 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 42 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 60 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 33 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 36 yrs shared
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · 51 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 38 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 19 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 39 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 37 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 64 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 53 yrs shared

Born within five years of Audrey Hepburn

Che Guevara (1928) · Martin Luther King Jr. (1929) · Marilyn Monroe (1926) · Andy Warhol (1928) · Fidel Castro (1926) · Stanley Kubrick (1928) · Gabriel García Márquez (1927) · Marlon Brando (1924)

About Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Golden Age of Hollywood. She was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame and is one of only a few entertainers who have won competitive Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards.

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