Salvador Dalí

1904 – 1989 · died at about 85^[1][2]

Art

Fun Facts About Salvador Dalí

• Salvador Dalí designed the Chupa Chups lollipop logo in 1969.^[1]
• Dalí gave a 1936 London lecture wearing a deep-sea diving suit and helmet. He nearly suffocated, and the helmet had to be unscrewed as he gasped for breath.^[1]
• Dalí had an older brother, also named Salvador, who died nine months before the painter was born. The idea of this brother haunted him all his life.^[1]
• When Dalí sketched his hero Sigmund Freud, Freud whispered, "That boy looks like a fanatic." Dalí was delighted when he later heard about it.^[1][3][4]
• Dalí claimed the idea for the melting watches in The Persistence of Memory came to him while he was contemplating Camembert cheese.^[1]
• Dalí created the dream sequence for Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound in 1945, then worked with Walt Disney on an animated film, Destino, that went unfinished.^{[1][5][6][7][8]}
• Salvador Dalí was alive at the same time as Lionel Messi — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1987–1989).^{[1][2][9][10]}
• Salvador Dalí shares a birthday with Richard Feynman: both were born on May 11.^{[1][2][11][12]}

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol, known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.^[1]

Contemporaries

Hirohito

85 yr overlap

Bob Hope

85 yr overlap

Marlene Dietrich

85 yr overlap

Georgia O'Keeffe

82 yr overlap

Jorge Luis Borges

82 yr overlap

Dorothy Hodgkin

79 yr overlap

Mother Teresa

79 yr overlap

Akira Kurosawa

79 yr overlap

Jacques Cousteau

79 yr overlap

Simone de Beauvoir

78 yr overlap

Ronald Reagan

78 yr overlap

Naguib Mahfouz

78 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Salvador Dalí

When was Salvador Dalí born?

Salvador Dalí was born on May 11, 1904, and died on January 23, 1989.

How old was Salvador Dalí at death?

Salvador Dalí was born on May 11, 1904, and died on January 23, 1989, at age 84.

What was Salvador Dalí known for?

Salvador Dalí was known for: The Persistence of Memory, surrealist. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol, known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.

Who was alive at the same time as Salvador Dalí?

Salvador Dalí's closest contemporary was Hirohito. Their lives overlapped for 85 years.