Who Was Alive

Were Xi Jinping and Michael Jackson alive at the same time?

Yes. Xi Jinping and Michael Jackson were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1958 to 2009.

Xi Jinping was 5 when Michael Jackson was born.

Xi Jinping was 56 when Michael Jackson died, aged 50.

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012

Born 15 June 1953 · living, 73 as of September 2026

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Ronald Reagan
  3. Nelson Mandela
  4. Donald Trump
  5. Vladimir Putin
  6. Xi Jinping
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Xi Jinping 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.