Who was alive at the same time as John F. Kennedy?

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

John F. Kennedy lived 1917–1963. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1917–1963
Lifespan: about 46 years
Born in, as it was then: Boston, MA
On today’s map: United States

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When John F. Kennedy was born, Albert Einstein was already about 38 years old.
John F. Kennedy was about 11 when Che Guevara was born.
John F. Kennedy and Adolf Hitler (Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945) shared about 28 years on Earth, one born in the United States and the other in Austria.
Pablo Picasso outlived John F. Kennedy by about 10 years.

Famous contemporaries of John F. Kennedy

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 28 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 36 yrs shared
Vladimir Lenin 1870–1924 · 7 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 28 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 46 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 46 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 38 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 22 yrs shared
Max Weber 1864–1920 · 3 yrs shared
Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · 14 yrs shared
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · 17 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 29 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 43 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 46 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 28 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 46 yrs shared
Claude Monet 1840–1926 · 9 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 36 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 46 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 35 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 31 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 34 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 46 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 46 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 23 yrs shared

Born within five years of John F. Kennedy

Pope John Paul II (1920) · Édith Piaf (1915) · Ingmar Bergman (1918) · Isaac Asimov (1920) · Frank Sinatra (1915) · Nelson Mandela (1918) · Richard Nixon (1913) · Albert Camus (1913)

About John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress before his presidency. Kennedy was the youngest elected president at 43 years, and the first Roman Catholic president.

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