Pulse No. 2 · Thursday, October 29, 2026

Alive on October 11, 1989

The 40 most famous people alive that day, then the close calls that would have cost you a point.

Alive that day

1Barack ObamaAge 28 · Born 1961

2Donald J. TrumpAge 43 · Born 1946

3Michael JacksonAge 31 · 1958–2009

4Vladimir PutinAge 37 · Born 1952

5Ronald ReaganAge 78 · 1911–2004

6Nelson MandelaAge 71 · 1918–2013

7George W. BushAge 43 · Born 1946

8Joe BidenAge 46 · Born 1942

9Elizabeth IIAge 63 · 1926–2022

10Bill GatesAge 33 · Born 1955

11Jimmy WalesAge 23 · Born 1966

12Pope FrancisAge 52 · 1936–2025

13ShakiraAge 12 · Born 1977

14Steve JobsAge 34 · 1955–2011

15Lionel MessiAge 2 · Born 1987

16Bill ClintonAge 43 · Born 1946

17BasshunterAge 4 · Born 1984

18Angela MerkelAge 35 · Born 1954

19Neil ArmstrongAge 59 · 1930–2012

20François HollandeAge 35 · Born 1954

21Cristiano RonaldoAge 4 · Born 1985

22Volodymyr ZelenskyyAge 11 · Born 1978

23John Paul IIAge 69 · 1920–2005

24Gabriel García MárquezAge 62 · 1927–2014

25Margaret ThatcherAge 63 · 1925–2013

26Fidel CastroAge 63 · 1926–2016

27Marlene DietrichAge 87 · 1901–1992

28Elon MuskAge 18 · Born 1971

29Mikhail GorbachevAge 58 · 1931–2022

30Stephen HawkingAge 47 · 1942–2018

31Benedict XVIAge 62 · 1927–2022

32Emmanuel MacronAge 11 · Born 1977

33Jimmy CarterAge 65 · 1924–2024

34Mother TeresaAge 79 · 1910–1997

35Hillary ClintonAge 41 · Born 1947

36Lady GagaAge 3 · Born 1986

37George H. W. BushAge 65 · 1924–2018

38MadonnaAge 31 · Born 1958

39Kamala HarrisAge 24 · Born 1964

40Nicolas SarkozyAge 34 · Born 1955

Close calls: not alive

1Salvador DalíDied 9 months earlier · 1904–1989

2Taylor SwiftBorn 63 days later · Born 1989

3HirohitoDied 9 months earlier · 1901–1989

4Emma WatsonBorn 6 months later · Born 1990

5Ferdinand MarcosDied 13 days earlier · 1917–1989

6Ruhollah KhomeiniDied 4 months earlier · 1900–1989

7Jennifer LawrenceBorn 10 months later · Born 1990

8Bette DavisDied 5 days earlier · 1908–1989

9Kristen StewartBorn 6 months later · Born 1990

10Konrad LorenzDied 7 months earlier · 1903–1989

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