Pulse No. 5 · Sunday, November 1, 2026

Alive on October 9, 1920

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

Alive that day

1Adolf HitlerAge 31 · 1889–1945

2Albert EinsteinAge 41 · 1879–1955

3Ronald ReaganAge 9 · 1911–2004

4Nelson MandelaAge 2 · 1918–2013

5Vladimir LeninAge 50 · 1870–1924

6Mahatma GandhiAge 51 · 1869–1948

7Joseph StalinAge 41 · 1878–1953

8Pablo PicassoAge 38 · 1881–1973

9Winston ChurchillAge 45 · 1874–1965

10Charlie ChaplinAge 31 · 1889–1977

11Thomas EdisonAge 73 · 1847–1931

12Sigmund FreudAge 64 · 1856–1939

13John F. KennedyAge 3 · 1917–1963

14Marie CurieAge 52 · 1867–1934

15Rabindranath TagoreAge 59 · 1861–1941

16Salvador DalíAge 16 · 1904–1989

17Franklin Delano RooseveltAge 38 · 1882–1945

18Franz KafkaAge 37 · 1883–1924

19Mao ZedongAge 26 · 1893–1976

20Charles de GaulleAge 29 · 1890–1970

21Nikola TeslaAge 64 · 1856–1943

22Walt DisneyAge 18 · 1901–1966

23George OrwellAge 17 · 1903–1950

24Ernest HemingwayAge 21 · 1899–1961

25James JoyceAge 38 · 1882–1941

26Albert CamusAge 6 · 1913–1960

27J. R. R. TolkienAge 28 · 1892–1973

28Marlene DietrichAge 18 · 1901–1992

29Henry FordAge 57 · 1863–1947

30Jean-Paul SartreAge 15 · 1905–1980

31Benito MussoliniAge 37 · 1883–1945

32Frida KahloAge 13 · 1907–1954

33Le CorbusierAge 33 · 1887–1965

34Mother TeresaAge 10 · 1910–1997

35Agatha ChristieAge 30 · 1890–1976

36Harry S. TrumanAge 36 · 1884–1972

37Sarah BernhardtAge 75 · 1844–1923

38Jorge Luis BorgesAge 21 · 1899–1986

39Jawaharlal NehruAge 30 · 1889–1964

40Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 29 · 1890–1969

Close calls: not alive

1Max WeberDied 117 days earlier · 1864–1920

2Satyajit RayBorn 7 months later · 1921–1992

3Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghBorn 8 months later · 1921–2021

4SuhartoBorn 8 months later · 1921–2008

5Pierre-Auguste RenoirDied 10 months earlier · 1841–1919

6Andrei SakharovBorn 7 months later · 1921–1989

7Srinivasa RamanujanDied 5 months earlier · 1887–1920

8Nancy ReaganBorn 9 months later · 1921–2016

9Stanisław LemBorn 11 months later · 1921–2006

10Wilhelm WundtDied 39 days earlier · 1832–1920

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