Who Was Alive

Philip K. Dick

American science fiction author

Born 16 December 1928 · died 2 March 1982, aged 53

Who was alive at the same time as Philip K. Dick?

  1. Thomas Edison
  2. Sigmund Freud
  3. Marie Curie
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Winston Churchill
  6. Joseph Stalin
  7. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Pablo Picasso
  10. Charlie Chaplin
  11. Adolf Hitler
  12. Salvador Dalí
  13. Ronald Reagan
  14. John F. Kennedy
  15. Nelson Mandela
  16. Elizabeth II
  17. Philip K. Dick
  18. Martin Luther King Jr.
  19. Joe Biden
  20. Donald Trump
  21. George W. Bush
  22. Vladimir Putin
  23. Michael Jackson
  24. Barack Obama
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When Philip K. Dick was born, Adolf Hitler was 39, Albert Einstein was 49, Ronald Reagan was 17, Nelson Mandela was 10 and Mahatma Gandhi was 59.

When Philip K. Dick died, Barack Obama was 20, Donald Trump was 35, Michael Jackson was 23, Vladimir Putin was 29 and Ronald Reagan was 71.

Born during Philip K. Dick’s lifetime: Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Michael Jackson, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bill Gates.

Not quite contemporaries: Vladimir Lenin died 4 years before Philip K. Dick was born, Franz Kafka died 4 years before Philip K. Dick was born, Lionel Messi was born 5 years after Philip K. Dick died and Corbin Bleu was born 7 years after Philip K. Dick died.

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