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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1882 – 1945 · died at about 63^[1][2]

Politics & Leadership

Fun Facts About Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt married his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the bride was given away by her uncle, then-President Theodore Roosevelt.^[1][3][4]
• In February 1933, before taking office, Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt in Florida when a woman hit the gunman with her handbag. Chicago's mayor was killed.^[1]
• Roosevelt's paralysis is usually blamed on polio, but a 2003 study favored a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. His use of a wheelchair was kept secret from the public.^[1]
• Roosevelt has been on the US dime since 1946, partly because of his leadership in the March of Dimes.^[1]
• Roosevelt is the only president named Time Person of the Year three times, in 1932, 1934 and 1941.^[1]
• Roosevelt dropped out of Columbia Law School in 1907 without a degree, after he had already passed the bar exam.^[1]
• Franklin D. Roosevelt was alive at the same time as Richard Wagner — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1882–1883).^[1][2][5][6]
• Franklin D. Roosevelt and James Joyce were both born in 1882.^[1][2][7][8]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on U.S. involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.^[1]

Contemporaries

Henry Ford

63 yr overlap

H.G. Wells

63 yr overlap

Mahatma Gandhi

63 yr overlap

Max Planck

63 yr overlap

Orville Wright

63 yr overlap

Winston Churchill

63 yr overlap

Carl Jung

63 yr overlap

Albert Einstein

63 yr overlap

Pablo Picasso

63 yr overlap

Alexander Fleming

63 yr overlap

Igor Stravinsky

63 yr overlap

Lise Meitner

63 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Franklin D. Roosevelt

When was Franklin D. Roosevelt born?

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, and died on April 12, 1945.

How old was Franklin D. Roosevelt at death?

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, and died on April 12, 1945, at age 63.

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt known for?

Franklin D. Roosevelt was known for: 32nd US President, New Deal, WWII leader. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on U.S. involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.

Who was alive at the same time as Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Franklin D. Roosevelt's closest contemporary was Henry Ford. Their lives overlapped for 63 years.