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John D. Rockefeller & Sun Yat-sen

Did John D. Rockefeller and Sun Yat-sen live at the same time?

Yes. John D. Rockefeller and Sun Yat-sen lived at the same time for 59 years, from 1866 to 1925.[1][2][3][4]

John D. Rockefeller · Sun Yat-sen · Born in 1839 · Born in 1866

John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
1839–1937
Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
1866–1925
Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China
18391937
John D. Rockefeller
Sun Yat-sen
John D. Rockefeller
Business & Industry
Born in Richford
Died in Ormond Beach
Sun Yat-sen
Politics & Leadership
Born in Cuiheng
Died in Peking Union Medical College Hospital

World Events During Their Overlap

1869 Suez Canal opens
1871 Unification of Germany
1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa
1893 New Zealand becomes first country to grant women's suffrage
1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight
1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity
1912 Sinking of the Titanic
1914 World War I begins
1917 Russian Revolution
1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins
1919 Treaty of Versailles signed
1920 League of Nations established

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Sources

  1. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  2. John D. Rockefeller (Q160278) — Wikidata
  3. Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
  4. Sun Yat-sen (Q8573) — Wikidata