Who Was Alive

Were Leonid Brezhnev and Michael Jackson alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonid Brezhnev and Michael Jackson were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1958 to 1982.

Leonid Brezhnev was 51 when Michael Jackson was born.

Michael Jackson was 24 when Leonid Brezhnev died, aged 75.

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Born 6 December 1906 (Julian calendar) · died 10 November 1982, aged 75

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer

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

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  3. Leonid Brezhnev
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Leonid Brezhnev 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.