Who Was Alive

Were Albert Einstein and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan alive at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were alive at the same time for 1 years, from 1954 to 1955.

Albert Einstein was 74 when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was born.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was 1 when Albert Einstein died, aged 76.

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

Born 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of Turkey since 2014

Born 26 February 1954 · living, 72 as of September 2026

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Albert Einstein and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.