Pulse No. 12 · Sunday, November 8, 2026

Alive on October 16, 1958

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 12 · Born 1946

2Vladimir PutinAge 6 · Born 1952

3Ronald ReaganAge 47 · 1911–2004

4Nelson MandelaAge 40 · 1918–2013

5George W. BushAge 12 · Born 1946

6Joe BidenAge 15 · Born 1942

7Pablo PicassoAge 76 · 1881–1973

8Winston ChurchillAge 83 · 1874–1965

9Charlie ChaplinAge 69 · 1889–1977

10Elizabeth IIAge 32 · 1926–2022

11John F. KennedyAge 41 · 1917–1963

12Martin Luther King Jr.Age 29 · 1929–1968

13Salvador DalíAge 54 · 1904–1989

14Bill GatesAge 2 · Born 1955

15Marilyn MonroeAge 32 · 1926–1962

16Pope FrancisAge 21 · 1936–2025

17Mao ZedongAge 64 · 1893–1976

18Steve JobsAge 3 · 1955–2011

19Che GuevaraAge 30 · 1928–1967

20Bill ClintonAge 12 · Born 1946

21Charles de GaulleAge 67 · 1890–1970

22Angela MerkelAge 4 · Born 1954

23Neil ArmstrongAge 28 · 1930–2012

24François HollandeAge 4 · Born 1954

25Elvis PresleyAge 23 · 1935–1977

26Walt DisneyAge 56 · 1901–1966

27John Paul IIAge 38 · 1920–2005

28Ernest HemingwayAge 59 · 1899–1961

29Gabriel García MárquezAge 31 · 1927–2014

30Margaret ThatcherAge 33 · 1925–2013

31Fidel CastroAge 32 · 1926–2016

32Yuri GagarinAge 24 · 1934–1968

33Albert CamusAge 44 · 1913–1960

34J. R. R. TolkienAge 66 · 1892–1973

35Marlene DietrichAge 56 · 1901–1992

36Jean-Paul SartreAge 53 · 1905–1980

37Mikhail GorbachevAge 27 · 1931–2022

38Stephen HawkingAge 16 · 1942–2018

39Benedict XVIAge 31 · 1927–2022

40Jimmy CarterAge 34 · 1924–2024

Close calls: not alive

1Pius XIIDied 7 days earlier · 1876–1958

2Mike PenceBorn 8 months later · Born 1959

3Rosalind FranklinDied 6 months earlier · 1920–1958

4Stephen HarperBorn 6 months later · Born 1959

5Jens StoltenbergBorn 5 months later · Born 1959

6Juan Ramón JiménezDied 5 months earlier · 1881–1958

7Roger Martin du GardDied 55 days earlier · 1881–1958

8Rigoberta MenchúBorn 85 days later · Born 1959

9Ernest LawrenceDied 50 days earlier · 1901–1958

10Christian WulffBorn 8 months later · Born 1959

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