Who Was Alive

Were Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin were alive at the same time for 0 years, from 1952 to 1953.

Joseph Stalin was 73 when Vladimir Putin was born.

Vladimir Putin was under a year old when Joseph Stalin died, aged 74.

Joseph Stalin

Politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953

Born 18 December 1878 · died 5 March 1953, aged 74

Vladimir Putin

President of the Russian Federation

Born 7 October 1952 · living, 73 as of September 2026

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Joseph Stalin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin 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.