Who was alive at the same time as Dick Cheney?

Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

Dick Cheney lived 1941–2025. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1941–2025
Lifespan: about 84 years
Born in, as it was then: Lincoln, NE
On today’s map: United States

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When Dick Cheney was born, Albert Einstein was already about 62 years old.
Dick Cheney was about 1 when Jimi Hendrix was born.
Dick Cheney and Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter and sculptor) shared about 32 years on Earth, one born in the United States and the other in Spain.

Famous contemporaries of Dick Cheney

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 4 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 12 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 4 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 35 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 24 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 29 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 14 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 5 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 10 yrs shared
Bertrand Russell 1872–1970 · 29 yrs shared
Henry Ford 1863–1947 · 6 yrs shared
Nikola Tesla 1856–1943 · 2 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 64 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 32 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 36 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 48 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 21 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 24 yrs shared
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · 39 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 26 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 7 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 27 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 25 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 56 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 81 yrs shared

Born within five years of Dick Cheney

Jimi Hendrix (1942) · Bob Marley (1945) · Bruce Lee (1940) · Bob Dylan (1941) · Saddam Hussein (1937) · John Lennon (1940) · Pelé (1940) · Al Pacino (1940)

About Dick Cheney

Richard Bruce Cheney was an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he played a central role in shaping U.S. foreign policy after the September 11 attacks. Cheney is often considered the most powerful vice president in American history.

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