Who Was Alive

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Belgian actor and martial artist

Born 18 October 1960 · living, 65 as of September 2026

Who was alive at the same time as Jean-Claude Van Damme?

  1. Winston Churchill
  2. Pablo Picasso
  3. Charlie Chaplin
  4. Mao Zedong
  5. Salvador Dalí
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. John F. Kennedy
  8. Nelson Mandela
  9. Elizabeth II
  10. Marilyn Monroe
  11. Che Guevara
  12. Martin Luther King Jr.
  13. Pope Francis
  14. Joe Biden
  15. Donald Trump
  16. George W. Bush
  17. Vladimir Putin
  18. Steve Jobs
  19. Bill Gates
  20. Michael Jackson
  21. Jean-Claude Van Damme
  22. Barack Obama
  23. Jimmy Wales
  24. Shakira
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When Jean-Claude Van Damme was born, Donald Trump was 14, Michael Jackson was 2, Vladimir Putin was 8, Ronald Reagan was 49 and Nelson Mandela was 42.

Born during Jean-Claude Van Damme’s lifetime: Barack Obama, Jimmy Wales, Shakira, Lionel Messi, Corbin Bleu, Basshunter, Cristiano Ronaldo and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Not quite contemporaries: Albert Einstein died 5 years before Jean-Claude Van Damme was born, Mahatma Gandhi died 12 years before Jean-Claude Van Damme was born, Joseph Stalin died 7 years before Jean-Claude Van Damme was born and George Orwell died 10 years before Jean-Claude Van Damme was born.

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  4. Vladimir Putin born 1952
  5. Ronald Reagan 1911 – 2004
  6. Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013
  7. George W. Bush born 1946
  8. Joe Biden born 1942
  9. Pablo Picasso 1881 – 1973
  10. Winston Churchill 1874 – 1965
  11. Charlie Chaplin 1889 – 1977
  12. Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022
  13. John F. Kennedy 1917 – 1963
  14. Martin Luther King Jr. 1929 – 1968
  15. Salvador Dalí 1904 – 1989
  16. Bill Gates born 1955
  17. Marilyn Monroe 1926 – 1962
  18. Jimmy Wales born 1966
  19. Pope Francis 1936 – 2025
  20. Shakira born 1977
  21. Mao Zedong 1893 – 1976
  22. Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
  23. Che Guevara 1928 – 1967
  24. Lionel Messi born 1987
  25. Corbin Bleu born 1989
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  27. Charles de Gaulle 1890 – 1970
  28. Basshunter born 1984
  29. Angela Merkel born 1954
  30. Neil Armstrong 1930 – 2012
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  33. Elvis Presley 1935 – 1977
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  140. T. S. Eliot 1888 – 1965
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