Who Was Alive

Were Hermann Hesse and Michael Jackson alive at the same time?

Yes. Hermann Hesse and Michael Jackson were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1958 to 1962.

Hermann Hesse was 81 when Michael Jackson was born.

Michael Jackson was 3 when Hermann Hesse died, aged 85.

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter

Born 2 July 1877 · died 9 August 1962, aged 85

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer

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

  1. Hermann Hesse
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Hermann Hesse 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.