Who was alive at the same time as Ronald Reagan?

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

Ronald Reagan lived 1911–2004. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1911–2004
Lifespan: about 93 years
Born in, as it was then: Tampico, IL
On today’s map: United States

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When Ronald Reagan was born, Albert Einstein was already about 32 years old.
Ronald Reagan was about 17 when Che Guevara was born.
Ronald Reagan and Adolf Hitler (Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945) shared about 34 years on Earth, one born in the United States and the other in Austria.
Fidel Castro outlived Ronald Reagan by about 12 years.

Famous contemporaries of Ronald Reagan

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 34 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 42 yrs shared
Vladimir Lenin 1870–1924 · 13 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 34 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 65 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 54 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 44 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 28 yrs shared
Max Weber 1864–1920 · 9 yrs shared
Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · 20 yrs shared
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · 23 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 35 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 84 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 62 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 42 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 78 yrs shared
Claude Monet 1840–1926 · 15 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 36 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 54 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 39 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 37 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 39 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 55 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 86 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 64 yrs shared

Born within five years of Ronald Reagan

Mother Teresa (1910) · Frida Kahlo (1907) · Édith Piaf (1915) · Frank Sinatra (1915) · Simone de Beauvoir (1908) · Richard Nixon (1913) · Samuel Beckett (1906) · Astrid Lindgren (1907)

About Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Reagan era.

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