Who was alive at the same time as Edward VII?

King of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910

Edward VII lived 1841–1910. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1841–1910
Lifespan: about 69 years
Born in, as it was then: London
On today’s map: United Kingdom

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Did you know?

When Edward VII was born, Karl Marx was already about 23 years old.
Edward VII was about 38 when Albert Einstein was born.
Edward VII and Adolf Hitler (Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945) shared about 21 years on Earth, one born in the United Kingdom and the other in Austria.
Sigmund Freud outlived Edward VII by about 29 years.

Famous contemporaries of Edward VII

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 21 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 32 yrs shared
Vladimir Lenin 1870–1924 · 40 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 27 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 17 yrs shared
Otto von Bismarck 1815–1898 · 57 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 31 yrs shared
Karl Marx 1818–1883 · 42 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 54 yrs shared
Charles Darwin 1809–1882 · 41 yrs shared
Friedrich Nietzsche 1844–1900 · 56 yrs shared
Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777–1855 · 14 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 · 37 yrs shared
Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 29 yrs shared
Victor Hugo 1802–1885 · 44 yrs shared
Richard Wagner 1813–1883 · 42 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 6 yrs shared
Oscar Wilde 1854–1900 · 46 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 41 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 9 yrs shared

Born within five years of Edward VII

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844) · Claude Monet (1840) · Antonín Dvořák (1841) · Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841) · Émile Zola (1840) · Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840) · Wilhelm Röntgen (1845) · Edvard Grieg (1843)

About Edward VII

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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