Who was alive at the same time as George V?

King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936

George V lived 1865–1936. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1865–1936
Lifespan: about 71 years
Born in, as it was then: London
On today’s map: United Kingdom

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Did you know?

When George V was born, Karl Marx was already about 47 years old.
George V was about 14 when Albert Einstein was born.
George V and Adolf Hitler (Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945) shared about 47 years on Earth, one born in the United Kingdom and the other in Austria.
Sigmund Freud outlived George V by about 3 years.

Famous contemporaries of George V

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 47 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 58 yrs shared
Vladimir Lenin 1870–1924 · 54 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 53 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 43 yrs shared
Otto von Bismarck 1815–1898 · 33 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 57 yrs shared
Karl Marx 1818–1883 · 18 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 71 yrs shared
Charles Darwin 1809–1882 · 17 yrs shared
Friedrich Nietzsche 1844–1900 · 35 yrs shared
Louis Pasteur 1822–1895 · 30 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 · 25 yrs shared
Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 55 yrs shared
Victor Hugo 1802–1885 · 20 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 1 yrs shared
Richard Wagner 1813–1883 · 18 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 32 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 8 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 67 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 7 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 35 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 26 yrs shared

Born within five years of George V

Mahatma Gandhi (1869) · Vladimir Lenin (1870) · Max Weber (1864) · Anton Chekhov (1860) · Marie Curie (1867) · Nicholas II (1868) · Henry Ford (1863) · Henri Matisse (1869)

About George V

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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