Who Was Alive

Were Johannes Diderik van der Waals and Ronald Reagan alive at the same time?

Yes. Johannes Diderik van der Waals and Ronald Reagan were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1911 to 1923.

Johannes Diderik van der Waals was 73 when Ronald Reagan was born.

Ronald Reagan was 12 when Johannes Diderik van der Waals died, aged 85.

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Dutch physicist

Born 23 November 1837 · died 8 March 1923, aged 85

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

Born 6 February 1911 · died 5 June 2004, aged 93

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Johannes Diderik van der Waals
  4. Albert Einstein
  5. Adolf Hitler
  6. Ronald Reagan
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Johannes Diderik van der Waals and Ronald Reagan 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.