Who was alive at the same time as Benito Mussolini?

Prime minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943

Benito Mussolini lived 1883–1945. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1883–1945
Lifespan: about 62 years
Born in, as it was then: Predappio
On today’s map: Italy

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Did you know?

When Benito Mussolini was born, Albert Einstein was already about 4 years old.
Benito Mussolini was about 45 when Che Guevara was born.
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler (Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945) shared about 56 years on Earth, one born in Italy and the other in Austria.
Pablo Picasso outlived Benito Mussolini by about 28 years.

Famous contemporaries of Benito Mussolini

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 56 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 62 yrs shared
Vladimir Lenin 1870–1924 · 41 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 52 yrs shared
Otto von Bismarck 1815–1898 · 15 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 62 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 62 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 56 yrs shared
Friedrich Nietzsche 1844–1900 · 17 yrs shared
Louis Pasteur 1822–1895 · 12 yrs shared
Max Weber 1864–1920 · 37 yrs shared
Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · 48 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 · 7 yrs shared
Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 62 yrs shared
Victor Hugo 1802–1885 · 2 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 10 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 41 yrs shared
Oscar Wilde 1854–1900 · 17 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 17 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 62 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 16 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 44 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 35 yrs shared

Born within five years of Benito Mussolini

Albert Einstein (1879) · Pablo Picasso (1881) · Joseph Stalin (1878) · Le Corbusier (1887) · Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881) · James Joyce (1882) · John Maynard Keynes (1883) · Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)

About Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian fascist politician who served as the prime minister of Italy from 1922 until his deposition in 1943. Known as Il Duce during his regime, he established a totalitarian dictatorship led by the National Fascist Party (PNF) in the Kingdom of Italy.

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