Who Was Alive

Were Albert Einstein and Xi Jinping alive at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Xi Jinping were alive at the same time for 1 years, from 1953 to 1955.

Albert Einstein was 74 when Xi Jinping was born.

Xi Jinping was 1 when Albert Einstein died, aged 76.

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

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

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012

Born 15 June 1953 · living, 73 as of September 2026

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Xi Jinping
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Albert Einstein and Xi Jinping 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.