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Gukesh Dommaraju
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Gukesh Dommaraju

Indian chess player

Born 29 May 2006 · living, 20 as of October 2026
Also known as Gukesh D, D. Gukesh, Dommaraju Gukesh

Who was alive at the same time as Gukesh Dommaraju?

  1. Nelson Mandela, 1918 – 2013
  2. Margaret Thatcher, 1925 – 2013
  3. Elizabeth II, 1926 – 2022
  4. Neil Armstrong, 1930 – 2012
  5. Pope Francis, 1936 – 2025
  6. Joe Biden, born 1942
  7. Donald Trump, born 1946
  8. George W. Bush, born 1946
  9. Bill Clinton, born 1946
  10. Vladimir Putin, born 1952
  11. Angela Merkel, born 1954
  12. François Hollande, born 1954
  13. Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011
  14. Bill Gates, born 1955
  15. Michael Jackson, 1958 – 2009
  16. Barack Obama, born 1961
  17. Jimmy Wales, born 1966
  18. Shakira, born 1977
  19. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, born 1978
  20. Basshunter, born 1984
  21. Cristiano Ronaldo, born 1985
  22. Lionel Messi, born 1987
  23. Corbin Bleu, born 1989
  24. Gukesh Dommaraju, born 2006

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When Gukesh Dommaraju was born, Barack Obama was 44, Donald Trump was 59, Michael Jackson was 47, Vladimir Putin was 53 and Nelson Mandela was 87.

Born during Gukesh Dommaraju’s lifetime: Lamine Yamal, Prince George of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales.

Not quite contemporaries: Ronald Reagan died about 2 years before Gukesh Dommaraju was born, Pope John Paul II died about a year before Gukesh Dommaraju was born, Marlene Dietrich died about 14 years before Gukesh Dommaraju was born and Mother Teresa died about 9 years before Gukesh Dommaraju was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

3,021 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Gukesh Dommaraju. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 2016.

  1. Barack Obama born 1961
  2. Donald Trump born 1946
  3. Michael Jackson 1958 – 2009
  4. Vladimir Putin born 1952
  5. Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013
  6. George W. Bush born 1946
  7. Joe Biden born 1942
  8. Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022
  9. Bill Gates born 1955
  10. Jimmy Wales born 1966
  11. Pope Francis 1936 – 2025
  12. Shakira born 1977
  13. Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
  14. Lionel Messi born 1987
  15. Corbin Bleu born 1989
  16. Bill Clinton born 1946
  17. Basshunter born 1984
  18. Angela Merkel born 1954
  19. Neil Armstrong 1930 – 2012
  20. François Hollande born 1954
  21. Volodymyr Zelenskyy born 1978
  22. Cristiano Ronaldo born 1985
  23. Margaret Thatcher 1925 – 2013
  24. Gabriel García Márquez 1927 – 2014
  25. Fidel Castro 1926 – 2016
  26. Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 – 2022
  27. Elon Musk born 1971
  28. Stephen Hawking 1942 – 2018
  29. Jimmy Carter 1924 – 2024
  30. Pope Benedict XVI 1927 – 2022
  31. Emmanuel Macron born 1977
  32. Hillary Clinton born 1947
  33. Lady Gaga born 1986
  34. George H. W. Bush 1924 – 2018
  35. Nicolas Sarkozy born 1955
  36. Madonna born 1958
  37. Kamala Harris born 1964
  38. Xi Jinping born 1953
  39. Naruhito born 1960
  40. Noam Chomsky born 1928
  41. Hugo Chávez 1954 – 2013
  42. Bob Dylan born 1941
  43. Muammar Gaddafi 1942 – 2011
  44. Sung Jae-gi 1967 – 2013
  45. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan born 1954
  46. Pelé 1940 – 2022
  47. Muhammad Ali 1942 – 2016
  48. J. K. Rowling born 1965
  49. Justin Bieber born 1994
  50. Kofi Annan 1938 – 2018
  51. Taylor Swift born 1989
  52. Charles III born 1948
  53. Osama bin Laden 1957 – 2011
  54. Lech Wałęsa born 1943
  55. Kim Jong Un born 1984
  56. Gerald Ford 1913 – 2006
  57. Pope Leo XIV born 1955
  58. Diego Maradona 1960 – 2020
  59. Eminem born 1972
  60. Beyoncé born 1981
  61. Selena Gomez born 1992
  62. Narendra Modi born 1950
  63. Rafael Correa born 1963
  64. Benjamin Netanyahu born 1949
  65. Angelina Jolie born 1975
  66. Naguib Mahfouz 1911 – 2006
  67. Saddam Hussein 1937 – 2006
  68. Aung San Suu Kyi born 1945
  69. Steven Spielberg born 1946
  70. Michael Schumacher born 1969
  71. 14th Dalai Lama born 1935
  72. Dmitry Medvedev born 1965
  73. Anna Netrebko born 1971
  74. Mark Zuckerberg born 1984
  75. Silvio Berlusconi 1936 – 2023
  76. Shinzo Abe 1954 – 2022
  77. Tim Berners-Lee born 1955
  78. Ingmar Bergman 1918 – 2007
  79. Mahathir Mohamad born 1925
  80. Jackie Chan born 1954
  81. Boris Yeltsin 1931 – 2007
  82. Ali Khamenei 1939 – 2026
  83. Robin Williams 1951 – 2014
  84. Guillermo Lasso born 1955
  85. Celine Dion born 1968
  86. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1918 – 2008
  87. Jacques Chirac 1932 – 2019
  88. Roger Federer born 1981
  89. Lana Del Rey born 1985
  90. Alexander Lukashenko born 1954
  91. Woody Allen born 1935
  92. Neymar born 1992
  93. Tony Blair born 1953
  94. Rihanna born 1988
  95. Malala Yousafzai born 1997
  96. Scarlett Johansson born 1984
  97. Rafael Nadal born 1986
  98. Greta Thunberg born 2003
  99. Ban Ki-moon born 1944
  100. Arnold Schwarzenegger born 1947
  101. David Cameron born 1966
  102. Linus Torvalds born 1969
  103. Novak Djokovic born 1987
  104. Brigitte Bardot 1934 – 2025
  105. Hebe Camargo 1929 – 2012
  106. Umberto Eco 1932 – 2016
  107. Boris Johnson born 1964
  108. Bashar al-Assad born 1965
  109. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva born 1945
  110. Benazir Bhutto 1953 – 2007
  111. Jair Bolsonaro born 1955
  112. Paul McCartney born 1942
  113. Anggun born 1974
  114. Leonardo DiCaprio born 1974
  115. Agnez Mo born 1986
  116. Stephen King born 1947
  117. Theresa May born 1956
  118. Johnny Depp born 1963
  119. Brad Pitt born 1963
  120. Maya Angelou 1928 – 2014
  121. Zinedine Zidane born 1972
  122. Britney Spears born 1981
  123. Sean Connery 1930 – 2020
  124. Elizabeth Taylor 1932 – 2011
  125. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad born 1956
  126. Henry Kissinger 1923 – 2023
  127. Václav Havel 1936 – 2011
  128. Emma Watson born 1990
  129. Bhumibol Adulyadej 1927 – 2016
  130. Nicolás Maduro born 1962
  131. Justin Trudeau born 1971
  132. Rishi Sunak born 1980
  133. Miley Cyrus born 1992
  134. Ariana Grande born 1993
  135. Warren Buffett born 1930
  136. Bernie Sanders born 1941
  137. Richard Stallman born 1953
  138. Robert Mugabe 1924 – 2019
  139. Alain Delon 1935 – 2024
  140. Robert De Niro born 1943
  141. Michael Jordan born 1963
  142. David Beckham born 1975
  143. Avril Lavigne born 1984
  144. Günter Grass 1927 – 2015
  145. Hosni Mubarak 1928 – 2020
  146. Dilma Rousseff born 1947
  147. Orhan Pamuk born 1952
  148. Whitney Houston 1963 – 2012
  149. Michelle Obama born 1964
  150. Julian Assange born 1971