Who was alive in the 21st century

203 people and 5 events and eras

Events and eras

• Late Modern Period c. 1800–
• The Information Age c. 1950–
• The Space Age 1957–
• September 11 attacks 2001
• COVID-19 pandemic 2019–2023

People

• Katharine Hepburn 1907–2003, actress
• Don Bradman 1908–2001, cricketer
• Estée Lauder 1908–2004, cosmetics entrepreneur
• Henri Cartier-Bresson 1908–2004, photographer
• Louise Bourgeois 1911–2010, sculptor
• Milton Friedman 1912–2006, economist
• Rosa Parks 1913–2005, activist
• Sabiha Gökçen 1913–2001, aviator
• Thor Heyerdahl 1914–2002, explorer
• Arthur Miller 1915–2005, playwright
• Francis Crick 1916–2004, molecular biologist
• Billy Graham 1918–2018, evangelist
• Ingmar Bergman 1918–2007, director
• Nelson Mandela 1918–2013, statesman
• Edmund Hillary 1919–2008, mountaineer
• Pope John Paul II 1920–2005, pope
• Yaşar Kemal 1923–2015, writer
• Marlon Brando 1924–2004, actor
• Margaret Thatcher 1925–2013, prime minister
• Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014, footballer
• Chuck Berry 1926–2017, musician
• Elizabeth II 1926–2022, queen
• Fidel Castro 1926–2016, revolutionary
• Harper Lee 1926–2016, writer
• Ingvar Kamprad 1926–2018, entrepreneur
• Thich Nhat Hanh 1926–2022, Buddhist monk
• Ferenc Puskás 1927–2006, footballer
• Gabriel García Márquez 1927–2014, writer
• James Watson 1928–2025, molecular biologist
• Maya Angelou 1928–2014, poet
• Noam Chomsky 1928–, linguist
• Arnold Palmer 1929–2016, golfer
• Frank Gehry 1929–2025, architect
• Yayoi Kusama 1929–2026, artist
• Ali al-Sistani 1930–, ayatollah
• Buzz Aldrin 1930–, astronaut
• Chinua Achebe 1930–2013, writer
• Neil Armstrong 1930–2012, astronaut
• Ray Charles 1930–2004, musician
• Warren Buffett 1930–, investor
• Desmond Tutu 1931–2021, archbishop
• Mikhail Gorbachev 1931–2022, statesman
• Rupert Murdoch 1931–, media mogul
• Toni Morrison 1931–2019, writer
• Elizabeth Taylor 1932–2011, actress
• Umberto Eco 1932–2016, writer
• Amartya Sen 1933–, economist
• Sakıp Sabancı 1933–2004, industrialist
• Bill Russell 1934–2022, basketball player
• Charles Manson 1934–2017, cult leader
• Giorgio Armani 1934–2025, fashion designer
• Jane Goodall 1934–2025, primatologist
• 14th Dalai Lama 1935–, Buddhist leader
• Sylvia Earle 1935–, oceanographer
• Woody Allen 1935–, director
• Pope Francis 1936–2025, pope
• Yves Saint Laurent 1936–2008, fashion designer
• David Hockney 1937–2026, painter
• George Carlin 1937–2008, comedian
• Jack Nicholson 1937–, actor
• Ratan Tata 1937–2024, industrialist
• Saddam Hussein 1937–2006, dictator
• Valentina Tereshkova 1937–, cosmonaut
• Bernie Madoff 1938–2021, fraudster
• Phil Knight 1938–, entrepreneur
• Ted Turner 1938–2026, media entrepreneur
• Margaret Atwood 1939–, writer
• Ralph Lauren 1939–, fashion designer
• Carlos Slim 1940–, investor
• Jack Nicklaus 1940–, golfer
• Muhammad Yunus 1940–, social entrepreneur
• Pelé 1940–2022, footballer
• Richard Pryor 1940–2005, comedian
• Ringo Starr 1940–, musician
• Bob Dylan 1941–, musician
• Hayao Miyazaki 1941–, animator
• Martha Stewart 1941–, entrepreneur
• Aretha Franklin 1942–2018, singer
• Joe Biden 1942–, US president
• Martin Scorsese 1942–, director
• Muammar Gaddafi 1942–2011, dictator
• Muhammad Ali 1942–2016, boxer
• Paul McCartney 1942–, musician
• Robert Ballard 1942–, oceanographer
• Stephen Hawking 1942–2018, physicist
• Billie Jean King 1943–, tennis player
• Bobby Fischer 1943–2008, chess player
• George Harrison 1943–2001, musician
• Mick Jagger 1943–, musician
• Robert De Niro 1943–, actor
• Larry Ellison 1944–, entrepreneur
• Reinhold Messner 1944–, mountaineer
• Franz Beckenbauer 1945–2024, footballer
• Aziz Sancar 1946–, biochemist
• Dolly Parton 1946–2026, singer
• Donald Trump 1946–, US president
• Steven Spielberg 1946–, director
• David Bowie 1947–2016, musician
• Elton John 1947–, musician
• Geoffrey Hinton 1947–, computer scientist
• Johan Cruyff 1947–2016, footballer
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1947–, basketball player
• Stephen King 1947–, writer
• Haruki Murakami 1949–, writer
• Meryl Streep 1949–, actress
• Niki Lauda 1949–2019, racing driver
• Slavoj Žižek 1949–, philosopher
• Mark Spitz 1950–, swimmer
• Richard Branson 1950–, entrepreneur
• Steve Wozniak 1950–, engineer and entrepreneur
• Stevie Wonder 1950–, musician
• Zaha Hadid 1950–2016, architect
• Robin Williams 1951–2014, actor
• Sally Ride 1951–2012, astronaut
• Orhan Pamuk 1952–, writer
• Vladimir Putin 1952–, president
• Xi Jinping 1953–, president
• Angela Merkel 1954–, chancellor
• Jackie Chan 1954–, actor
• James Cameron 1954–, filmmaker and deep-sea explorer
• Oprah Winfrey 1954–, media entrepreneur
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 1954–, president
• Bill Gates 1955–, entrepreneur
• Katalin Karikó 1955–, biochemist
• Pope Leo XIV 1955–, pope
• Steve Jobs 1955–2011, entrepreneur
• Tim Berners-Lee 1955–, computer scientist
• Björn Borg 1956–, tennis player
• Judith Butler 1956–, philosopher
• Larry Bird 1956–, basketball player
• Martina Navratilova 1956–, tennis player
• Tom Hanks 1956–, actor
• Ai Weiwei 1957–, artist
• Aliko Dangote 1957–, industrialist
• Osama bin Laden 1957–2011, terrorist leader
• Madonna 1958–, musician
• Michael Jackson 1958–2009, musician
• Prince 1958–2016, musician
• Magic Johnson 1959–, basketball player
• Diego Maradona 1960–2020, footballer
• Barack Obama 1961–, US president
• Carl Lewis 1961–, sprinter
• Nadia Comăneci 1961–, gymnast
• Wayne Gretzky 1961–, ice hockey player
• Garry Kasparov 1963–, chess player
• Jensen Huang 1963–, entrepreneur
• Michael Jordan 1963–, basketball player
• Quentin Tarantino 1963–, director
• Whitney Houston 1963–2012, singer
• Jack Ma 1964–, entrepreneur
• Jeff Bezos 1964–, entrepreneur
• Damien Hirst 1965–, artist
• J. K. Rowling 1965–, writer
• Michael Dell 1965–, entrepreneur
• Shah Rukh Khan 1965–, actor
• Mike Tyson 1966–, boxer
• Naim Süleymanoğlu 1967–2017, weightlifter
• Jay-Z 1969–, rapper
• Michael Schumacher 1969–, racing driver
• Steffi Graf 1969–, tennis player
• Elon Musk 1971–, entrepreneur
• Hakan Şükür 1971–, footballer
• Sara Blakely 1971–, entrepreneur
• Eminem 1972–, rapper
• Shaquille O'Neal 1972–, basketball player
• Tarkan 1972–, singer
• Zinedine Zidane 1972–, footballer
• Larry Page 1973–, entrepreneur
• Sachin Tendulkar 1973–, cricketer
• Sergey Brin 1973–, entrepreneur
• Banksy c. 1974–, street artist
• David Beckham 1975–, footballer
• Tiger Woods 1975–, golfer
• Ronaldo Nazário 1976–, footballer
• Tom Brady 1977–, American football player
• Kobe Bryant 1978–2020, basketball player
• Valentino Rossi 1979–, motorcycle racer
• Venus Williams 1980–, tennis player
• Yao Ming 1980–, basketball player
• Anna Kournikova 1981–, tennis player
• Beyoncé 1981–, musician
• Roger Federer 1981–, tennis player
• Serena Williams 1981–, tennis player
• Edward Snowden 1983–, whistleblower
• Eliud Kipchoge 1984–, marathon runner
• LeBron James 1984–, basketball player
• Mark Zuckerberg 1984–, entrepreneur
• Cristiano Ronaldo 1985–, footballer
• Lewis Hamilton 1985–, racing driver
• Michael Phelps 1985–, swimmer
• Lady Gaga 1986–, musician
• Rafael Nadal 1986–, tennis player
• Usain Bolt 1986–, sprinter
• Lionel Messi 1987–, footballer
• Novak Djokovic 1987–, tennis player
• Adele 1988–, singer
• Taylor Swift 1989–, musician
• Magnus Carlsen 1990–, chess player
• RM 1994–, rapper
• Malala Yousafzai 1997–, activist
• Simone Biles 1997–, gymnast
• Kylian Mbappé 1998–, footballer
• Greta Thunberg 2003–, activist