Who Was Alive

Were Selma Lagerlöf and Ronald Reagan alive at the same time?

Yes. Selma Lagerlöf and Ronald Reagan were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1911 to 1940.

Selma Lagerlöf was 52 when Ronald Reagan was born.

Ronald Reagan was 29 when Selma Lagerlöf died, aged 81.

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish writer

Born 20 November 1858 · died 16 March 1940, aged 81

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

Born 6 February 1911 · died 5 June 2004, aged 93

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Selma Lagerlöf
  4. Albert Einstein
  5. Adolf Hitler
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. Donald Trump
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Selma Lagerlöf and Ronald Reagan 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.