Who Was Alive in 1908
119 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1908
Florence NightingaleAge 88
Harriet TubmanAge about 86
Leo TolstoyAge 80
Mark TwainAge 73
Andrew CarnegieAge 73
John D. RockefellerAge 69
Claude MonetAge 68
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 67
Sarah BernhardtAge 64
Thomas EdisonAge 61
Alexander Graham BellAge 61
Antoni GaudíAge 56
Sigmund FreudAge 52
Nikola TeslaAge 52
Woodrow WilsonAge 52
George Bernard ShawAge 52
Theodore RooseveltAge 50
Emmeline PankhurstAge 50
Max PlanckAge 50
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 49
Rabindranath TagoreAge 47
Gustav KlimtAge 46
Claude DebussyAge 46
David HilbertAge 46
Henry FordAge 45
Edvard MunchAge 45
Max WeberAge 44
Rudyard KiplingAge 43
H.G. WellsAge 42
Sun Yat-senAge 42
Marie CurieAge 41
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 41
Scott JoplinAge 40
Maxim GorkyAge 40
Mahatma GandhiAge 39
Grigori RasputinAge 39
Henri MatisseAge 39
Vladimir LeninAge 38
Marcel ProustAge 37
Orville WrightAge 37
Rosa LuxemburgAge 37
Ernest RutherfordAge 37
Roald AmundsenAge 36
Bertrand RussellAge 36
Ernest ShackletonAge 34
Guglielmo MarconiAge 34
Winston ChurchillAge 34
Harry HoudiniAge 34
Carl JungAge 33
Albert SchweitzerAge 33
Thomas MannAge 33
Pancho VillaAge 30
Lise MeitnerAge 30
Joseph StalinAge 30
Albert EinsteinAge 29
Leon TrotskyAge 29
Helen KellerAge 28
Pablo PicassoAge 27
Alexander FlemingAge 27
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 27
Virginia WoolfAge 26
James JoyceAge 26
Igor StravinskyAge 26
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 26
Coco ChanelAge 25
Franz KafkaAge 25
Benito MussoliniAge 25
John Maynard KeynesAge 25
Eleanor RooseveltAge 24
Harry S. TrumanAge 24
Niels BohrAge 23
Diego RiveraAge 22
Erwin SchrödingerAge 21
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 21
Chiang Kai-shekAge 21
Le CorbusierAge 21
T. S. EliotAge 20
Charlie ChaplinAge 19
Jawaharlal NehruAge 19
Adolf HitlerAge 19
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 19
Ho Chi MinhAge 18
Agatha ChristieAge 18
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 18
Charles de GaulleAge 18
Haile SelassieAge 16
J.R.R. TolkienAge 16
Mao ZedongAge 15
Aldous HuxleyAge 14
Nikita KhrushchevAge 14
Babe RuthAge 13
Buster KeatonAge 13
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 12
Amelia EarhartAge 11
Golda MeirAge 10
C. S. LewisAge 10
Duke EllingtonAge 9
Ernest HemingwayAge 9
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 9
Alfred HitchcockAge 9
Humphrey BogartAge 9
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAge 8
Werner HeisenbergAge 7
Louis ArmstrongAge 7
Walt DisneyAge 7
Enrico FermiAge 7
HirohitoAge 7
Marlene DietrichAge 7
George OrwellAge 5
Bob HopeAge 5
Robert OppenheimerAge 4
Salvador DalíAge 4
Pablo NerudaAge 4
Jean-Paul SartreAge 3
Hannah ArendtAge 2
Frida KahloAge 1
Rachel CarsonAge 1
Simone de BeauvoirAge 0
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 0
Born in 1908
Simone de Beauvoir
The Second Sex, feminist existentialist
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th US president, signed the Civil Rights Act
Also Born in 1908
President of the United States from 1963 to 1969
President of Chile from 1970 to 1973
American actress (1908–1989)
British writer (1908–1964)
Leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985
French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)
Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
American psychologist (1908–1970)
American physicist (1908–1991)
Hungarian-American physicist (1908–2003)
Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate (1908–1995)
Also Died in 1908
President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
French physicist (1852–1908)
Russian composer (1844–1908)
Serbian journalist, writer and teacher (1873–1908)
Italian novelist, journalist and poet (1846 – 1908)
Brazilian writer (1839–1908)
German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter (1832–1908)
English politician (1828–1908)
King of Portugal from 1889 to 1908
Emperor of China from 1875 to 1908
Indian religious leader and founder of the Ahmadiyya community (1835–1908)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908
Sources
- 1908 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
- Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
- Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
- Mark Twain — Wikipedia
- Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
- Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
- Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Max Weber — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
- Helen Keller — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
- Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
- James Joyce — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Franz Kafka — Wikipedia
- Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
- John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
- Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
- Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
- Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
- T. S. Eliot — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Jawaharlal Nehru — Wikipedia
- Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
- Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
- Ho Chi Minh — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia
- Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Aldous Huxley — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Babe Ruth — Wikipedia
- Buster Keaton — Wikipedia
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Amelia Earhart — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- C. S. Lewis — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Ernest Hemingway — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Humphrey Bogart — Wikipedia
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Walt Disney — Wikipedia
- Enrico Fermi — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- George Orwell — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- J. Robert Oppenheimer — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Frida Kahlo — Wikipedia
- Rachel Carson — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia