Who Was Alive

Were Raúl Castro and Michael Jackson alive at the same time?

Yes. Raúl Castro and Michael Jackson were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1958 to 2009.

Raúl Castro was 27 when Michael Jackson was born.

Raúl Castro was 78 when Michael Jackson died, aged 50.

Raúl Castro

Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

Born 3 June 1931 · living, 95 as of September 2026

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. Raúl Castro
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Raúl Castro 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.