Who was alive at the same time as George Harrison?

English musician and member of the Beatles

George Harrison lived 1943–2001. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1943–2001
Lifespan: about 58 years
Born in, as it was then: Liverpool
On today’s map: United Kingdom

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When George Harrison was born, Adolf Hitler was already about 54 years old.
George Harrison and Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter and sculptor) shared about 30 years on Earth, one born in the United Kingdom and the other in Spain.
Fidel Castro outlived George Harrison by about 15 years.

Famous contemporaries of George Harrison

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 2 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 10 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 2 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 33 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 22 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 27 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 12 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 3 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 8 yrs shared
Bertrand Russell 1872–1970 · 27 yrs shared
Henry Ford 1863–1947 · 4 yrs shared
Max Planck 1858–1947 · 4 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 58 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 30 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 34 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 46 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 19 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 22 yrs shared
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · 37 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 24 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 5 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 25 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 23 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 54 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 58 yrs shared

Born within five years of George Harrison

Jimi Hendrix (1942) · Bob Marley (1945) · Bruce Lee (1940) · Bob Dylan (1941) · John Lennon (1940) · Pelé (1940) · Stephen King (1947) · Al Pacino (1940)

About George Harrison

George Harrison was an English musician who achieved international fame with the Beatles, in which he initially played lead guitar and later adopted rhythm and bass guitar, organ, and non-Western instruments. Known as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison played a significant role in shaping the band's musical direction and established a successful solo career, particularly through his interest in Eastern musical influences.

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