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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian writer

Born 15 September 1977 · living, 49 as of September 2026

Who was alive at the same time as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?

  1. Charlie Chaplin
  2. Salvador Dalí
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Elizabeth II
  6. Neil Armstrong
  7. Pope Francis
  8. Joe Biden
  9. Donald Trump
  10. George W. Bush
  11. Bill Clinton
  12. Vladimir Putin
  13. Angela Merkel
  14. François Hollande
  15. Steve Jobs
  16. Bill Gates
  17. Michael Jackson
  18. Barack Obama
  19. Jimmy Wales
  20. Shakira
  21. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  22. Basshunter
  23. Lionel Messi
  24. Corbin Bleu
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When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born, Barack Obama was 16, Donald Trump was 31, Michael Jackson was 19, Vladimir Putin was 24 and Ronald Reagan was 66.

Born during Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s lifetime: Lionel Messi, Corbin Bleu, Basshunter, Cristiano Ronaldo, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.

Not quite contemporaries: Pablo Picasso died 4 years before Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born, Winston Churchill died 12 years before Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born, John F. Kennedy died 14 years before Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born and Martin Luther King Jr. died 9 years before Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born.

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