Who was alive at the same time as Robert Duvall?

American actor and director

Robert Duvall lived 1931–2026. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1931–2026
Lifespan: about 95 years
Born in, as it was then: San Diego, CA
On today’s map: United States

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When Robert Duvall was born, Adolf Hitler was already about 42 years old.
Robert Duvall was about 6 when Saddam Hussein was born.
Robert Duvall and Albert Einstein (German-born theoretical physicist) shared about 24 years on Earth, one born in the United States and the other in Germany.

Famous contemporaries of Robert Duvall

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 14 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 22 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 14 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 45 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 34 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 39 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 24 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 8 yrs shared
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · 3 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 15 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 20 yrs shared
Bertrand Russell 1872–1970 · 39 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 74 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 42 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 42 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 58 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 31 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 34 yrs shared
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · 49 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 36 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 17 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 37 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 35 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 66 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 82 yrs shared

Born within five years of Robert Duvall

Che Guevara (1928) · Martin Luther King Jr. (1929) · Elvis Presley (1935) · Marilyn Monroe (1926) · Andy Warhol (1928) · Fidel Castro (1926) · Stanley Kubrick (1928) · Gabriel García Márquez (1927)

About Robert Duvall

Robert Selden Duvall was an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his roles in films of the later 20th century. Duvall began acting professionally on stage in 1952, performing in summer plays at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport on Long Island until 1959, with a one-year break while serving in the U.S. Army. In his early theater career, he made contacts that then led to a career on television in the 1960s on shows such as The Defenders, Playhouse 90, and Armstrong Circle Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in the play Wait Until Dark in 1966, and, in 1977, he returned from screen acting to the stage in David Mamet's play American Buffalo, earning a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination.

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