Pulse No. 3 · Friday, October 30, 2026

Alive on October 16, 1998

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

Alive that day

1Barack ObamaAge 37 · Born 1961

2Donald J. TrumpAge 52 · Born 1946

3Michael JacksonAge 40 · 1958–2009

4Vladimir PutinAge 46 · Born 1952

5Ronald ReaganAge 87 · 1911–2004

6Nelson MandelaAge 80 · 1918–2013

7George W. BushAge 52 · Born 1946

8Joe BidenAge 55 · Born 1942

9Elizabeth IIAge 72 · 1926–2022

10Bill GatesAge 42 · Born 1955

11Jimmy WalesAge 32 · Born 1966

12Pope FrancisAge 61 · 1936–2025

13ShakiraAge 21 · Born 1977

14Steve JobsAge 43 · 1955–2011

15Lionel MessiAge 11 · Born 1987

16Corbin BleuAge 9 · Born 1989

17Bill ClintonAge 52 · Born 1946

18BasshunterAge 13 · Born 1984

19Angela MerkelAge 44 · Born 1954

20Neil ArmstrongAge 68 · 1930–2012

21François HollandeAge 44 · Born 1954

22Cristiano RonaldoAge 13 · Born 1985

23Volodymyr ZelenskyyAge 20 · Born 1978

24John Paul IIAge 78 · 1920–2005

25Gabriel García MárquezAge 71 · 1927–2014

26Margaret ThatcherAge 73 · 1925–2013

27Fidel CastroAge 72 · 1926–2016

28Elon MuskAge 27 · Born 1971

29Mikhail GorbachevAge 67 · 1931–2022

30Stephen HawkingAge 56 · 1942–2018

31Benedict XVIAge 71 · 1927–2022

32Emmanuel MacronAge 20 · Born 1977

33Jimmy CarterAge 74 · 1924–2024

34Hillary ClintonAge 50 · Born 1947

35Lady GagaAge 12 · Born 1986

36George H. W. BushAge 74 · 1924–2018

37MadonnaAge 40 · Born 1958

38Kamala HarrisAge 33 · Born 1964

39Nicolas SarkozyAge 43 · Born 1955

40Xi JinpingAge 45 · Born 1953

Close calls: not alive

1Akira KurosawaDied 40 days earlier · 1910–1998

2Frank SinatraDied 5 months earlier · 1915–1998

3Kylian MbappéBorn 65 days later · Born 1998

4Pol PotDied 6 months earlier · 1925–1998

5Toshirō MifuneDied 10 months earlier · 1920–1997

6Octavio PazDied 6 months earlier · 1914–1998

7Halldór LaxnessDied 8 months earlier · 1902–1998

8Sabrina CarpenterBorn 7 months later · Born 1999

9Isaiah BerlinDied 11 months earlier · 1909–1997

10Joey KingBorn 9 months later · Born 1999

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