Who Was Alive

Were Wilhelm Röntgen and Ronald Reagan alive at the same time?

Yes. Wilhelm Röntgen and Ronald Reagan were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1911 to 1923.

Wilhelm Röntgen was 65 when Ronald Reagan was born.

Ronald Reagan was 12 when Wilhelm Röntgen died, aged 77.

Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist

Born 27 March 1845 · died 10 February 1923, aged 77

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. Wilhelm Röntgen
  4. Albert Einstein
  5. Adolf Hitler
  6. Ronald Reagan
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  9. Barack Obama
Wilhelm Röntgen 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.