PulsePlay today’sPulse No. 9 · Thursday, November 5, 2026
Alive on August 15, 1966
The 40 most famous people alive that day, then the close calls that would have cost you a point.
Alive that day
1Barack ObamaAge 5 · Born 1961
2Donald J. TrumpAge 20 · Born 1946
3Michael JacksonAge 7 · 1958–2009
4Vladimir PutinAge 13 · Born 1952
5Ronald ReaganAge 55 · 1911–2004
6Nelson MandelaAge 48 · 1918–2013
7George W. BushAge 20 · Born 1946
8Joe BidenAge 23 · Born 1942
9Pablo PicassoAge 84 · 1881–1973
10Charlie ChaplinAge 77 · 1889–1977
11Elizabeth IIAge 40 · 1926–2022
12Martin Luther King Jr.Age 37 · 1929–1968
13Salvador DalíAge 62 · 1904–1989
14Bill GatesAge 10 · Born 1955
15Pope FrancisAge 29 · 1936–2025
16Mao ZedongAge 72 · 1893–1976
17Steve JobsAge 11 · 1955–2011
18Che GuevaraAge 38 · 1928–1967
19Bill ClintonAge 19 · Born 1946
20Charles de GaulleAge 75 · 1890–1970
21Angela MerkelAge 12 · Born 1954
22Neil ArmstrongAge 36 · 1930–2012
23François HollandeAge 12 · Born 1954
24Elvis PresleyAge 31 · 1935–1977
25Walt DisneyDied 4 months later · 1901–1966
26John Paul IIAge 46 · 1920–2005
27Gabriel García MárquezAge 39 · 1927–2014
28Margaret ThatcherAge 40 · 1925–2013
29Fidel CastroAge 40 · 1926–2016
30Yuri GagarinAge 32 · 1934–1968
31J. R. R. TolkienAge 74 · 1892–1973
32Marlene DietrichAge 64 · 1901–1992
33Jean-Paul SartreAge 61 · 1905–1980
34Mikhail GorbachevAge 35 · 1931–2022
35Stephen HawkingAge 24 · 1942–2018
36Benedict XVIAge 39 · 1927–2022
37Jimmy CarterAge 41 · 1924–2024
38Mother TeresaAge 55 · 1910–1997
39Agatha ChristieAge 75 · 1890–1976
40Harry S. TrumanAge 82 · 1884–1972
Close calls: not alive
1Le CorbusierDied 12 months earlier · 1887–1965
2David CameronBorn 55 days later · Born 1966
3Nicole KidmanBorn 10 months later · Born 1967
4Anna AkhmatovaDied 5 months earlier · 1889–1966
5Kurt CobainBorn 6 months later · 1967–1994
6Albert SchweitzerDied 11 months earlier · 1875–1965
7William Somerset MaughamDied 8 months earlier · 1874–1965
8Mark RutteBorn 6 months later · Born 1967
9Benedicta BoccoliBorn 88 days later · Born 1966
10Pamela AndersonBorn 11 months later · Born 1967
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