Who Was Alive

Were Ban Ki-moon and Michael Jackson alive at the same time?

Yes. Ban Ki-moon and Michael Jackson were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1958 to 2009.

Ban Ki-moon was 14 when Michael Jackson was born.

Ban Ki-moon was 65 when Michael Jackson died, aged 50.

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Born 13 June 1944 · living, 82 as of September 2026

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer

Born 29 August 1958 · died 25 June 2009, aged 50

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Ban Ki-moon
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Ban Ki-moon and Michael Jackson 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.