Who Was Alive

Were Kim Il-sung and Michael Jackson alive at the same time?

Yes. Kim Il-sung and Michael Jackson were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1958 to 1994.

Kim Il-sung was 46 when Michael Jackson was born.

Michael Jackson was 35 when Kim Il-sung died, aged 82.

Kim Il-sung

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994

Born 15 April 1912 · died 8 July 1994, aged 82

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer

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

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