Who Was Alive

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician, singer and songwriter

Born 20 February 1967 · died c. 1994

Who was alive at the same time as Kurt Cobain?

  1. Pablo Picasso
  2. Charlie Chaplin
  3. Mao Zedong
  4. Salvador Dalí
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Elizabeth II
  8. Che Guevara
  9. Martin Luther King Jr.
  10. Pope Francis
  11. Joe Biden
  12. Donald Trump
  13. George W. Bush
  14. Bill Clinton
  15. Vladimir Putin
  16. Steve Jobs
  17. Bill Gates
  18. Michael Jackson
  19. Barack Obama
  20. Jimmy Wales
  21. Kurt Cobain
  22. Shakira
  23. Lionel Messi
  24. Corbin Bleu
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When Kurt Cobain was born, Barack Obama was 5, Donald Trump was 20, Michael Jackson was 8, Vladimir Putin was 14 and Ronald Reagan was 56.

Born during Kurt Cobain’s lifetime: Shakira, Lionel Messi, Corbin Bleu, Basshunter, Cristiano Ronaldo, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Elon Musk and Emmanuel Macron.

Not quite contemporaries: Albert Einstein died 12 years before Kurt Cobain was born, Joseph Stalin died 14 years before Kurt Cobain was born, Winston Churchill died 2 years before Kurt Cobain was born and John F. Kennedy died 4 years before Kurt Cobain was born.

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  8. Joe Biden born 1942
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  10. Charlie Chaplin 1889 – 1977
  11. Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022
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  13. Salvador Dalí 1904 – 1989
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  15. Jimmy Wales born 1966
  16. Pope Francis 1936 – 2025
  17. Shakira born 1977
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  19. Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
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