Eva Perón

1919 – 1952 · died at about 33^[1][2]

Politics & Leadership

Fun Facts About Eva Perón

• Eva Perón's embalmed body vanished for 16 years after her husband was overthrown in 1955, and was found in 1971 in a crypt in Milan, Italy, buried under the name María Maggi de Magistris.^[1]
• As first lady, Perón had her birth records altered to make herself three years younger, so when she died the public was told she was only 30.^[1]
• Perón is the only South American first lady to appear alone on the cover of Time, and the 1947 story revealing she was born out of wedlock got Time banned in Argentina for months.^[1]
• Before politics, Perón was a radio and film actress, and she was elected president of the new broadcast performers' union.^[1]
• A planned memorial to Perón, topped by a statue larger than the Statue of Liberty, was to display her embalmed body in its base, but her husband was overthrown before it was finished.^[1]
• Eva Perón and Anne Frank were born just 10 years apart.^[1][2][3][4]
• Eva Perón was alive at the same time as Alexander Graham Bell — their lives overlapped for 3 years (1919–1922).^[1][2][5][6]
• Eva Perón shares a birthday with Rabindranath Tagore: both were born on May 7.^[1][2][7][8]

María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Eva "Evita" Perón, was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. She was born into poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. In 1934, at the age of 15, she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress. She married Perón in 1945, when he was still an army colonel, and was propelled onto the political stage when he became President of Argentina in 1946. She became a central figure of Peronism and Argentine culture because of the Eva Perón Foundation, a charitable organization perceived by many Argentinians as highly impactful.^[1]

Contemporaries

Winston Churchill

33 yr overlap

Carl Jung

33 yr overlap

Albert Einstein

33 yr overlap

Pablo Picasso

33 yr overlap

Alexander Fleming

33 yr overlap

Igor Stravinsky

33 yr overlap

Coco Chanel

33 yr overlap

Diego Rivera

33 yr overlap

Niels Bohr

33 yr overlap

Erwin Schrödinger

33 yr overlap

Georgia O'Keeffe

33 yr overlap

Charlie Chaplin

33 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Eva Perón

When was Eva Perón born?

Eva Perón was born on May 7, 1919, and died on July 26, 1952.

How old was Eva Perón at death?

Eva Perón was born on May 7, 1919, and died on July 26, 1952, at age 33.

What was Eva Perón known for?

Eva Perón was known for: Argentina's beloved Evita. María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Eva "Evita" Perón, was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. She was born into poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. In 1934, at the age of 15, she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress. She married Perón in 1945, when he was still an army colonel, and was propelled onto the political stage when he became President of Argentina in 1946. She became a central figure of Peronism and Argentine culture because of the Eva Perón Foundation, a charitable organization perceived by many Argentinians as highly impactful.

Who was alive at the same time as Eva Perón?

Eva Perón's closest contemporary was Winston Churchill. Their lives overlapped for 33 years.