Who was alive at the same time as Elizabeth II?

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022

Elizabeth II lived 1926–2022. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1926–2022
Lifespan: about 96 years
Born in, as it was then: London
On today’s map: United Kingdom

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Did you know?

When Elizabeth II was born, Albert Einstein was already about 47 years old.
Elizabeth II was about 2 when Che Guevara was born.
Elizabeth II and Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter and sculptor) shared about 47 years on Earth, one born in the United Kingdom and the other in Spain.

Famous contemporaries of Elizabeth II

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 19 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 27 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 19 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 50 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 39 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 44 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 29 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 13 yrs shared
Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · 5 yrs shared
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · 8 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 20 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 25 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 79 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 47 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 42 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 63 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 36 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 39 yrs shared
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · 54 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 39 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 22 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 39 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 40 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 71 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 82 yrs shared

Born within five years of Elizabeth II

Che Guevara (1928) · Martin Luther King Jr. (1929) · Marilyn Monroe (1926) · Andy Warhol (1928) · Fidel Castro (1926) · Stanley Kubrick (1928) · Gabriel García Márquez (1927) · Marlon Brando (1924)

About Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history.

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