Who Was Alive

Rafael Nadal

Spanish tennis player

Born 3 June 1986 · living, 40 as of September 2026

Who was alive at the same time as Rafael Nadal?

  1. Salvador Dalí
  2. Ronald Reagan
  3. Nelson Mandela
  4. Elizabeth II
  5. Neil Armstrong
  6. Pope Francis
  7. Joe Biden
  8. Donald Trump
  9. George W. Bush
  10. Bill Clinton
  11. Vladimir Putin
  12. Angela Merkel
  13. François Hollande
  14. Steve Jobs
  15. Bill Gates
  16. Michael Jackson
  17. Barack Obama
  18. Jimmy Wales
  19. Shakira
  20. Basshunter
  21. Cristiano Ronaldo
  22. Rafael Nadal
  23. Lionel Messi
  24. Corbin Bleu
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When Rafael Nadal was born, Barack Obama was 24, Donald Trump was 39, Michael Jackson was 27, Vladimir Putin was 33 and Ronald Reagan was 75.

Born during Rafael Nadal’s lifetime: Lionel Messi, Corbin Bleu, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Rihanna, Neymar and Malala Yousafzai.

Not quite contemporaries: Pablo Picasso died 13 years before Rafael Nadal was born, Charlie Chaplin died 9 years before Rafael Nadal was born, Mao Zedong died 10 years before Rafael Nadal was born and Elvis Presley died 9 years before Rafael Nadal was born.

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  5. Ronald Reagan 1911 – 2004
  6. Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013
  7. George W. Bush born 1946
  8. Joe Biden born 1942
  9. Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022
  10. Salvador Dalí 1904 – 1989
  11. Bill Gates born 1955
  12. Jimmy Wales born 1966
  13. Pope Francis 1936 – 2025
  14. Shakira born 1977
  15. Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
  16. Lionel Messi born 1987
  17. Corbin Bleu born 1989
  18. Bill Clinton born 1946
  19. Basshunter born 1984
  20. Angela Merkel born 1954
  21. Neil Armstrong 1930 – 2012
  22. François Hollande born 1954
  23. Cristiano Ronaldo born 1985
  24. Volodymyr Zelenskyy born 1978
  25. Margaret Thatcher 1925 – 2013
  26. John Paul II 1920 – 2005
  27. Gabriel García Márquez 1927 – 2014
  28. Fidel Castro 1926 – 2016
  29. Marlene Dietrich 1901 – 1992
  30. Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 – 2022
  31. Stephen Hawking 1942 – 2018
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  90. Ingmar Bergman 1918 – 2007
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  94. Ali Khamenei 1939 – 2026
  95. Robin Williams 1951 – 2014
  96. Jackie Chan born 1954
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