Who Was Alive

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan

Born 23 February 1960 · living, 66 as of September 2026

Who was alive at the same time as Naruhito?

  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. Naruhito
  22. Barack Obama
  23. Jimmy Wales
  24. Shakira
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When Naruhito was born, Donald Trump was 13, Michael Jackson was 1, Vladimir Putin was 7, Ronald Reagan was 49 and Nelson Mandela was 41.

Born during Naruhito’s lifetime: Barack Obama, Jimmy Wales, Shakira, Lionel Messi, Corbin Bleu, Basshunter, Cristiano Ronaldo and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Not quite contemporaries: Adolf Hitler died 15 years before Naruhito was born, Albert Einstein died 5 years before Naruhito was born, Mahatma Gandhi died 12 years before Naruhito was born and Joseph Stalin died 7 years before Naruhito was born.

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