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Nadia Murad

Yazidi human rights activist from Iraq and winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Born 10 March 1993 · living, 33 as of September 2026

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  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Elizabeth II
  4. Neil Armstrong
  5. Pope Francis
  6. Joe Biden
  7. Donald Trump
  8. George W. Bush
  9. Bill Clinton
  10. Vladimir Putin
  11. Angela Merkel
  12. François Hollande
  13. Steve Jobs
  14. Bill Gates
  15. Michael Jackson
  16. Barack Obama
  17. Jimmy Wales
  18. Shakira
  19. Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  20. Basshunter
  21. Cristiano Ronaldo
  22. Lionel Messi
  23. Corbin Bleu
  24. Nadia Murad
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When Nadia Murad was born, Barack Obama was 31, Donald Trump was 46, Michael Jackson was 34, Vladimir Putin was 40 and Ronald Reagan was 82.

Born during Nadia Murad’s lifetime: Justin Bieber, Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg, Ariana Grande, Kylian Mbappé, Billie Eilish, Tom Holland and Dua Lipa.

Not quite contemporaries: Salvador Dalí died 4 years before Nadia Murad was born, Marlene Dietrich died about a year before Nadia Murad was born, Jean-Paul Sartre died 13 years before Nadia Murad was born and Jorge Luis Borges died 7 years before Nadia Murad was born.

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