Who was alive at the same time as Jimmy Carter?

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

Jimmy Carter lived 1924–2024. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1924–2024
Lifespan: about 100 years
Born in, as it was then: Plains, GA
On today’s map: United States

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Did you know?

When Jimmy Carter was born, Albert Einstein was already about 45 years old.
Jimmy Carter was about 4 when Che Guevara was born.
Jimmy Carter and Adolf Hitler (Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945) shared about 21 years on Earth, one born in the United States and the other in Austria.

Famous contemporaries of Jimmy Carter

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 21 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 29 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 21 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 52 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 41 yrs shared
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · 46 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 31 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 15 yrs shared
Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · 7 yrs shared
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · 10 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 22 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 27 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 81 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 49 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 42 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 65 yrs shared
Claude Monet 1840–1926 · 2 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 36 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 41 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 39 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 24 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 39 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 42 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 73 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 82 yrs shared

Born within five years of Jimmy Carter

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 Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. He lived longer than any other president in U.S. history, reaching age 100.

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