Who Was Alive

Venus Williams

American tennis player

Born 17 June 1980 · living, 46 as of September 2026

Who was alive at the same time as Venus Williams?

  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. Venus Williams
  21. Basshunter
  22. Cristiano Ronaldo
  23. Lionel Messi
  24. Corbin Bleu
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When Venus Williams was born, Barack Obama was 18, Donald Trump was 34, Michael Jackson was 21, Vladimir Putin was 27 and Ronald Reagan was 69.

Born during Venus Williams’s lifetime: Lionel Messi, Corbin Bleu, Basshunter, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Kim Jong-un.

Not quite contemporaries: Pablo Picasso died 7 years before Venus Williams was born, Charlie Chaplin died 3 years before Venus Williams was born, Martin Luther King Jr. died 12 years before Venus Williams was born and Mao Zedong died 4 years before Venus Williams was born.

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