Childhood
age 0–12 · 1942–1954
24 notable deaths
Teenage Years
age 13–19 · 1955–1961
15 notable deaths
Young Adult
age 20–35 · 1962–1977
50 notable deaths
Middle Age
age 36–55 · 1978–1997
34 notable deaths
Senior Years
age 56+ · 1998–2026
57 notable deaths
1947
Henry Ford
1863–1947
Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Joe Biden was 5 years old
1948
Orville Wright
1871–1948
Science & Invention
Co-inventor of the airplane
Joe Biden was 6 years old
1950
George Bernard Shaw
1856–1950
Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Joe Biden was 8 years old
1955
Albert Einstein
1879–1955
Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Joe Biden was 13 years old
1955
Alexander Fleming
1881–1955
Science & Invention
Discovered penicillin
Joe Biden was 13 years old
1955
Thomas Mann
1875–1955
Literature
German novelist of The Magic Mountain
Joe Biden was 13 years old
1956
Jackson Pollock
1912–1956
Art
Action painting, abstract expressionism
Joe Biden was 14 years old
1957
Humphrey Bogart
1899–1957
Film & Entertainment
Casablanca, Hollywood icon
Joe Biden was 15 years old
1960
Albert Camus
1913–1960
Literature
Author of The Stranger, Nobel laureate
Joe Biden was 18 years old
1967
Che Guevara
1928–1967
Politics & Leadership
Argentine revolutionary icon
Joe Biden was 25 years old
1970
Jimi Hendrix
1942–1970
Music
Greatest electric guitarist of all time
Joe Biden was 28 years old
1971
Igor Stravinsky
1882–1971
Music
The Rite of Spring, modern classical
Joe Biden was 29 years old
1971
Coco Chanel
1883–1971
Business & Industry
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5
Joe Biden was 29 years old
1971
Louis Armstrong
1901–1971
Music
What a Wonderful World, jazz trumpet
Joe Biden was 29 years old
1972
Kwame Nkrumah
1909–1972
Politics & Leadership
First President of Ghana
Joe Biden was 30 years old
1973
J.R.R. Tolkien
1892–1973
Literature
The Lord of the Rings, Middle-earth
Joe Biden was 31 years old
1976
Agatha Christie
1890–1976
Literature
Best-selling mystery novelist ever
Joe Biden was 34 years old
1988
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960–1988
Art
Neo-expressionist street art icon
Joe Biden was 46 years old
1989
Hirohito
1901–1989
Politics & Leadership
Emperor of Japan during WWII
Joe Biden was 47 years old
2006
Naguib Mahfouz
1911–2006
Literature
Egyptian novelist and Nobel laureate
Joe Biden was 64 years old
2011
Muammar Gaddafi
1942–2011
Politics & Leadership
Ruler of Libya 1969–2011
Joe Biden was 69 years old
2012
Neil Armstrong
1930–2012
Exploration
First human to walk on the Moon
Joe Biden was 70 years old
2014
Gabriel García Márquez
1927–2014
Literature
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Joe Biden was 72 years old
2016
Fidel Castro
1926–2016
Politics & Leadership
Cuban revolutionary leader
Joe Biden was 74 years old
2016
Muhammad Ali
1942–2016
Sports
The Greatest, heavyweight boxing champion
Joe Biden was 74 years old
2019
Toni Morrison
1931–2019
Literature
Beloved, Nobel Prize in Literature
Joe Biden was 77 years old
2025
Pope Francis
1936–2025
Philosophy & Thought
First pope from the Americas
Joe Biden was 83 years old
Today — 2026
Joe Biden is 84 years old