Who Was Alive

Were Hamid Karzai and Michael Jackson alive at the same time?

Yes. Hamid Karzai and Michael Jackson were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1958 to 2009.

Hamid Karzai was under a year old when Michael Jackson was born.

Hamid Karzai was 51 when Michael Jackson died, aged 50.

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

Born 24 December 1957 · living, 68 as of September 2026

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer

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

  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Hamid Karzai
  6. Michael Jackson
  7. Barack Obama
Hamid Karzai 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.