Who was alive at the same time as Theodore Roosevelt?

26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909

Theodore Roosevelt lived 1858–1919. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1858–1919
Lifespan: about 61 years
Born in, as it was then: New York, NY
On today’s map: United States

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Did you know?

When Theodore Roosevelt was born, Karl Marx was already about 40 years old.
Theodore Roosevelt was about 21 when Albert Einstein was born.
Theodore Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler (Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945) shared about 30 years on Earth, one born in the United States and the other in Austria.
Sigmund Freud outlived Theodore Roosevelt by about 20 years.

Famous contemporaries of Theodore Roosevelt

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 30 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 41 yrs shared
Vladimir Lenin 1870–1924 · 49 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 36 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 26 yrs shared
Otto von Bismarck 1815–1898 · 40 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 40 yrs shared
Karl Marx 1818–1883 · 25 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 61 yrs shared
Charles Darwin 1809–1882 · 24 yrs shared
Friedrich Nietzsche 1844–1900 · 42 yrs shared
Louis Pasteur 1822–1895 · 37 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 · 32 yrs shared
Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 38 yrs shared
Victor Hugo 1802–1885 · 27 yrs shared
Richard Wagner 1813–1883 · 25 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 15 yrs shared
Oscar Wilde 1854–1900 · 42 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 50 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 18 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 9 yrs shared

Born within five years of Theodore Roosevelt

Vincent van Gogh (1853) · Sigmund Freud (1856) · Oscar Wilde (1854) · Anton Chekhov (1860) · Henry Ford (1863) · Arthur Rimbaud (1854) · Nikola Tesla (1856) · Max Planck (1858)

About Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party and the 25th vice president, he assumed the presidency after President William McKinley was assassinated. Roosevelt was the youngest person to be president, at 42 years old.

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