Who was alive at the same time as Sam Neill?

New Zealand actor

Sam Neill lived 1947–2026. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1947–2026
Lifespan: about 79 years
Born in, as it was then: Omagh
On today’s map: United Kingdom

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When Sam Neill was born, Albert Einstein was already about 68 years old.
Sam Neill and Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter and sculptor) shared about 26 years on Earth, one born in the United Kingdom and the other in Spain.

Famous contemporaries of Sam Neill

Rulers and commanders

Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 6 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 29 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 18 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 23 yrs shared
Francisco Franco 1892–1975 · 28 yrs shared
John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 · 16 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 8 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 4 yrs shared
Bertrand Russell 1872–1970 · 23 yrs shared
Michel Foucault 1926–1984 · 37 yrs shared
Carl Jung 1875–1961 · 14 yrs shared
Karl Popper 1902–1994 · 47 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 58 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 26 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 30 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 42 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 15 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 18 yrs shared
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · 33 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 20 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 1 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 21 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 19 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 50 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 75 yrs shared

Born within five years of Sam Neill

Jimi Hendrix (1942) · Bob Marley (1945) · Stephen King (1947) · Paul McCartney (1942) · Stephen Hawking (1942) · Robert De Niro (1943) · Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947) · Eric Clapton (1945)

About Sam Neill

Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill was a New Zealand actor. Known as a leading man in film and television, he received nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours for services as an actor.

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