Who was alive at the same time as Diego Maradona?

Argentine football player and manager

Diego Maradona lived 1960–2020. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1960–2020
Lifespan: about 60 years
Born in, as it was then: Buenos Aires
On today’s map: Argentina

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When Diego Maradona was born, Pablo Picasso was already about 79 years old.
Diego Maradona and Salvador Dalí (Spanish artist) shared about 29 years on Earth, one born in Argentina and the other in Spain.
Pelé outlived Diego Maradona by about 2 years.

Famous contemporaries of Diego Maradona

Rulers and commanders

Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 16 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 5 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 10 yrs shared
Francisco Franco 1892–1975 · 15 yrs shared
John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 · 3 yrs shared
Fidel Castro 1926–2016 · 56 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Bertrand Russell 1872–1970 · 10 yrs shared
Michel Foucault 1926–1984 · 24 yrs shared
Carl Jung 1875–1961 · 1 yrs shared
Karl Popper 1902–1994 · 34 yrs shared
Jean Piaget 1896–1980 · 20 yrs shared
John Forbes Nash Jr. 1928–2015 · 55 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 45 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 13 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 17 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 29 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 2 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 5 yrs shared
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · 20 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 7 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 8 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 6 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 37 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 60 yrs shared

Born within five years of Diego Maradona

Bill Gates (1955) · Michael Jackson (1958) · Bruce Willis (1955) · Johnny Depp (1963) · Sid Vicious (1957) · Nicolas Sarkozy (1955) · Brad Pitt (1963) · Barack Obama (1961)

About Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was an attacking midfielder renowned for his exceptional creativity, passing, ball control, dribbling abilities, and free kick accuracy. He typically operated in the number 10 position as a playmaker and was nicknamed El Pibe de Oro. In 2000, he was named one of the two winners of the FIFA Player of the Century award, alongside Pelé.

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