Who Was Alive

Robert Downey Jr.

American actor

Born 4 April 1965 · living, 61 as of September 2026

Who was alive at the same time as Robert Downey Jr.?

  1. Pablo Picasso
  2. Charlie Chaplin
  3. Mao Zedong
  4. Salvador Dalí
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Elizabeth II
  8. Che Guevara
  9. Martin Luther King Jr.
  10. Pope Francis
  11. Joe Biden
  12. Donald Trump
  13. George W. Bush
  14. Bill Clinton
  15. Vladimir Putin
  16. Steve Jobs
  17. Bill Gates
  18. Michael Jackson
  19. Barack Obama
  20. Robert Downey Jr.
  21. Jimmy Wales
  22. Shakira
  23. Lionel Messi
  24. Corbin Bleu
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When Robert Downey Jr. was born, Barack Obama was 3, Donald Trump was 18, Michael Jackson was 6, Vladimir Putin was 12 and Ronald Reagan was 54.

Born during Robert Downey Jr.’s lifetime: Jimmy Wales, Shakira, Lionel Messi, Corbin Bleu, Basshunter, Cristiano Ronaldo, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Elon Musk.

Not quite contemporaries: Albert Einstein died 10 years before Robert Downey Jr. was born, Joseph Stalin died 12 years before Robert Downey Jr. was born, Winston Churchill died months before Robert Downey Jr. was born and John F. Kennedy died 2 years before Robert Downey Jr. was born.

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