Who Was Alive

Were Marcel Proust and Ronald Reagan alive at the same time?

Yes. Marcel Proust and Ronald Reagan were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1911 to 1922.

Marcel Proust was 39 when Ronald Reagan was born.

Ronald Reagan was 11 when Marcel Proust died, aged 51.

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist

Born 10 July 1871 · died 18 November 1922, aged 51

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

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

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Albert Einstein
  5. Adolf Hitler
  6. Ronald Reagan
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  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Marcel Proust 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.