Who was alive at the same time as Judy Garland?

American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian

Judy Garland lived 1922–1969. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1922–1969
Lifespan: about 47 years
Born in, as it was then: Grand Rapids, MN
On today’s map: United States

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When Judy Garland was born, Adolf Hitler was already about 33 years old.
Judy Garland was about 6 when Che Guevara was born.
Judy Garland and Albert Einstein (German-born theoretical physicist) shared about 33 years on Earth, one born in the United States and the other in Germany.
Pablo Picasso outlived Judy Garland by about 4 years.

Famous contemporaries of Judy Garland

Rulers and commanders

Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 · 23 yrs shared
Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 · 31 yrs shared
Vladimir Lenin 1870–1924 · 2 yrs shared
Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 · 23 yrs shared
Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · 47 yrs shared
Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · 43 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · 33 yrs shared
Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · 17 yrs shared
Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · 9 yrs shared
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · 12 yrs shared
John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 · 24 yrs shared
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889–1951 · 29 yrs shared

Religion

Pope John Paul II 1920–2005 · 47 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · 47 yrs shared
Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · 34 yrs shared
Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · 47 yrs shared
Claude Monet 1840–1926 · 4 yrs shared
Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · 36 yrs shared
Le Corbusier 1887–1965 · 43 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Che Guevara 1928–1967 · 39 yrs shared
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · 26 yrs shared
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · 39 yrs shared
Walt Disney 1901–1966 · 44 yrs shared
Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · 47 yrs shared
Pelé 1940–2022 · 29 yrs shared

Born within five years of Judy Garland

Marilyn Monroe (1926) · John F. Kennedy (1917) · Fidel Castro (1926) · Gabriel García Márquez (1927) · Marlon Brando (1924) · Pope John Paul II (1920) · Elizabeth II (1926) · Ingmar Bergman (1918)

About Judy Garland

Judy Garland was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian whose career spanned four decades. She is known for her artistic range and strong contralto voice, working in a variety of genres including musicals, comedies, and dramas. Her career and personal life, marked by both public fascination and private struggle, made her a cultural icon.

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