Who Was Alive

Were Mobutu Sese Seko and Michael Jackson alive at the same time?

Yes. Mobutu Sese Seko and Michael Jackson were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1958 to 1997.

Mobutu Sese Seko was 27 when Michael Jackson was born.

Michael Jackson was 39 when Mobutu Sese Seko died, aged 66.

Mobutu Sese Seko

Congolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997

Born 14 October 1930 · died 7 September 1997, aged 66

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. Nelson Mandela
  5. Mobutu Sese Seko
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  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Mobutu Sese Seko 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.