PulsePlay today’sPulse No. 11 · Saturday, November 7, 2026
Alive on October 11, 1949
The 40 most famous people alive that day, then the close calls that would have cost you a point.
Alive that day
1Donald J. TrumpAge 3 · Born 1946
2Albert EinsteinAge 70 · 1879–1955
3Ronald ReaganAge 38 · 1911–2004
4Nelson MandelaAge 31 · 1918–2013
5George W. BushAge 3 · Born 1946
6Joseph StalinAge 70 · 1878–1953
7Joe BidenAge 6 · Born 1942
8Pablo PicassoAge 67 · 1881–1973
9Winston ChurchillAge 74 · 1874–1965
10Charlie ChaplinAge 60 · 1889–1977
11Elizabeth IIAge 23 · 1926–2022
12John F. KennedyAge 32 · 1917–1963
13Martin Luther King Jr.Age 20 · 1929–1968
14Salvador DalíAge 45 · 1904–1989
15Marilyn MonroeAge 23 · 1926–1962
16Pope FrancisAge 12 · 1936–2025
17Mao ZedongAge 55 · 1893–1976
18Che GuevaraAge 21 · 1928–1967
19Bill ClintonAge 3 · Born 1946
20Charles de GaulleAge 58 · 1890–1970
21Neil ArmstrongAge 19 · 1930–2012
22Elvis PresleyAge 14 · 1935–1977
23Walt DisneyAge 47 · 1901–1966
24George OrwellDied 102 days later · 1903–1950
25John Paul IIAge 29 · 1920–2005
26Ernest HemingwayAge 50 · 1899–1961
27Gabriel García MárquezAge 22 · 1927–2014
28Margaret ThatcherAge 23 · 1925–2013
29Fidel CastroAge 23 · 1926–2016
30Yuri GagarinAge 15 · 1934–1968
31Albert CamusAge 35 · 1913–1960
32J. R. R. TolkienAge 57 · 1892–1973
33Marlene DietrichAge 47 · 1901–1992
34Jean-Paul SartreAge 44 · 1905–1980
35Mikhail GorbachevAge 18 · 1931–2022
36Stephen HawkingAge 7 · 1942–2018
37Benedict XVIAge 22 · 1927–2022
38Frida KahloAge 42 · 1907–1954
39Jimmy CarterAge 25 · 1924–2024
40Le CorbusierAge 62 · 1887–1965
Close calls: not alive
1Narendra ModiBorn 11 months later · Born 1950
2Benjamin NetanyahuBorn 10 days later · Born 1949
3Maurice MaeterlinckDied 5 months earlier · 1862–1949
4Viktor YanukovychBorn 9 months later · Born 1950
5Sigrid UndsetDied 4 months earlier · 1882–1949
6Pablo EscobarBorn 51 days later · 1949–1993
7Steve WozniakBorn 10 months later · Born 1950
8Sergey LavrovBorn 5 months later · Born 1950
9Margaret MitchellDied 56 days earlier · 1900–1949
10Stevie WonderBorn 7 months later · Born 1950
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