Who was alive at the same time as Che Guevara?

Argentine Marxist revolutionary

Che Guevara lived 1928–1967. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1928–1967
Lifespan: about 39 years
Born in, as it was then: Rosario
On today’s map: Argentina

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Did you know?

When Che Guevara was born, Adolf Hitler was already about 39 years old.
Che Guevara was about 7 when Elvis Presley was born.
Che Guevara and Albert Einstein (German-born theoretical physicist) shared about 27 years on Earth, one born in Argentina and the other in Germany.
Pablo Picasso outlived Che Guevara by about 6 years.

Famous contemporaries of Che Guevara

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 17 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 25 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 17 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 39 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 37 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 39 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 27 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 11 yrs shared
Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · 3 yrs shared
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · 6 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 18 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 23 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 39 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 39 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 32 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 39 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 34 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 37 yrs shared
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · 39 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 20 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 38 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 38 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 39 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 27 yrs shared

Born within five years of Che Guevara

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929) · Marilyn Monroe (1926) · Andy Warhol (1928) · Fidel Castro (1926) · Stanley Kubrick (1928) · Gabriel García Márquez (1927) · Marlon Brando (1924) · Mikhail Gorbachev (1931)

About Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.

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