Who Was Alive in 1970
161 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1970
Bertrand RussellAge 98
Pablo PicassoAge 89
Igor StravinskyAge 88
Coco ChanelAge 87
Harry S. TrumanAge 86
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 83
Chiang Kai-shekAge 83
Charlie ChaplinAge 81
Agatha ChristieAge 80
Charles de GaulleAge 80
Haile SelassieAge 78
J.R.R. TolkienAge 78
Mao ZedongAge 77
Nikita KhrushchevAge 76
Golda MeirAge 72
Duke EllingtonAge 71
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 71
Alfred HitchcockAge 71
Werner HeisenbergAge 69
Louis ArmstrongAge 69
HirohitoAge 69
Marlene DietrichAge 69
Bob HopeAge 67
Salvador DalíAge 66
Pablo NerudaAge 66
Jean-Paul SartreAge 65
Hannah ArendtAge 64
Simone de BeauvoirAge 62
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 62
Kwame NkrumahAge 61
Dorothy HodgkinAge 60
Mother TeresaAge 60
Akira KurosawaAge 60
Jacques CousteauAge 60
Ronald ReaganAge 59
Naguib MahfouzAge 59
Rosa ParksAge 57
Jesse OwensAge 57
Richard NixonAge 57
Gerald FordAge 57
Hedy LamarrAge 56
Orson WellesAge 55
Frank SinatraAge 55
Ingrid BergmanAge 55
Roald DahlAge 54
Ella FitzgeraldAge 53
Indira GandhiAge 53
Ingmar BergmanAge 52
Nelson MandelaAge 52
Richard FeynmanAge 52
Edmund HillaryAge 51
Jackie RobinsonAge 51
Pope John Paul IIAge 50
Toshiro MifuneAge 50
Stan LeeAge 48
Marlon BrandoAge 46
James BaldwinAge 46
Jimmy CarterAge 46
George H. W. BushAge 46
Margaret ThatcherAge 45
B.B. KingAge 45
Fidel CastroAge 44
Elizabeth IIAge 44
Gabriel García MárquezAge 43
Pope Benedict XVIAge 43
James WatsonAge 42
Andy WarholAge 42
Stanley KubrickAge 42
Maya AngelouAge 42
Vera RubinAge 42
Noam ChomskyAge 42
Audrey HepburnAge 41
Grace KellyAge 41
Chinua AchebeAge 40
Neil ArmstrongAge 40
Ray CharlesAge 40
Tu YouyouAge 40
Desmond TutuAge 39
Toni MorrisonAge 39
Mikhail GorbachevAge 39
Johnny CashAge 38
Elizabeth TaylorAge 38
Yoko OnoAge 37
Wole SoyinkaAge 36
Carl SaganAge 36
Jane GoodallAge 36
Dalai LamaAge 35
Elvis PresleyAge 35
Woody AllenAge 35
Pope FrancisAge 34
Jack NicholsonAge 33
Saddam HusseinAge 33
Kofi AnnanAge 32
Francis Ford CoppolaAge 31
PeléAge 30
Bruce LeeAge 30
John LennonAge 30
Wangari MaathaiAge 30
Bob DylanAge 29
Muhammad AliAge 28
Aretha FranklinAge 28
Jimi HendrixAge 28
Stephen HawkingAge 28
Paul McCartneyAge 28
Muammar GaddafiAge 28
Joe BidenAge 28
Billie Jean KingAge 27
George HarrisonAge 27
Janis JoplinAge 27
Jim MorrisonAge 27
Lech WałęsaAge 27
George LucasAge 26
Aung San Suu KyiAge 25
Bob MarleyAge 25
Freddie MercuryAge 24
Steven SpielbergAge 24
Donald TrumpAge 24
George W. BushAge 24
Bill ClintonAge 24
David BowieAge 23
Hillary ClintonAge 23
Charles IIIAge 22
Haruki MurakamiAge 21
Benjamin NetanyahuAge 21
Narendra ModiAge 20
Robin WilliamsAge 19
Vladimir PutinAge 18
Xi JinpingAge 17
Oprah WinfreyAge 16
Angela MerkelAge 16
Hugo ChávezAge 16
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAge 16
François HollandeAge 16
Steve JobsAge 15
Bill GatesAge 15
Nicolas SarkozyAge 15
Pope Leo XIVAge 15
Ai WeiweiAge 13
Osama bin LadenAge 13
Michael JacksonAge 12
PrinceAge 12
Keith HaringAge 12
MadonnaAge 12
Rigoberta MenchúAge 11
Jean-Michel BasquiatAge 10
Diego MaradonaAge 10
NaruhitoAge 10
Princess DianaAge 9
Wayne GretzkyAge 9
Barack ObamaAge 9
Whitney HoustonAge 7
Michael JordanAge 7
Rafael CorreaAge 7
Jeff BezosAge 6
Michelle ObamaAge 6
Kamala HarrisAge 6
J. K. RowlingAge 5
Dmitry MedvedevAge 5
Jimmy WalesAge 4
Kurt CobainAge 3
Michael SchumacherAge 1
Also Born in 1970
First Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
American actor (born 1970)
British and American filmmaker (born 1970)
English actor (born 1970)
American actress (born 1970)
American tennis player (born 1970)
South Korean writer (born 1970)
British actress (born 1970)
President of Argentina since 2023
President of Serbia from 2017 to 2026
American actress (born 1970)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2026
Died in 1970
Charles de Gaulle
Leader of Free France, French President
Bertrand Russell
Logician, philosopher and Nobel laureate
Jimi Hendrix
Greatest electric guitarist of all time
Janis Joplin
Piece of My Heart, rock and blues
Also Died in 1970
English philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967
German novelist (1898–1970)
German–British physicist (1882–1970)
French author (1885–1970)
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
Japanese author and coup attempt leader (1925–1970)
Jewish German-Swedish writer, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate (1891–1970)
American psychologist (1908–1970)
Israeli writer and Nobel laureate
Dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968
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- 1970 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Jackie Robinson — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Stan Lee — Wikipedia
- Marlon Brando — Wikipedia
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Carter — Wikipedia
- George H. W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- B. B. King — Wikipedia
- Fidel Castro — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth II — Wikipedia
- Gabriel García Márquez — Wikipedia
- Pope Benedict XVI — Wikipedia
- James Watson — Wikipedia
- Andy Warhol — Wikipedia
- Stanley Kubrick — Wikipedia
- Maya Angelou — Wikipedia
- Vera Rubin — Wikipedia
- Noam Chomsky — Wikipedia
- Audrey Hepburn — Wikipedia
- Grace Kelly — Wikipedia
- Chinua Achebe — Wikipedia
- Neil Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Ray Charles — Wikipedia
- Tu Youyou — Wikipedia
- Desmond Tutu — Wikipedia
- Toni Morrison — Wikipedia
- Mikhail Gorbachev — Wikipedia
- Johnny Cash — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth Taylor — Wikipedia
- Yoko Ono — Wikipedia
- Wole Soyinka — Wikipedia
- Carl Sagan — Wikipedia
- Jane Goodall — Wikipedia
- 14th Dalai Lama — Wikipedia
- Elvis Presley — Wikipedia
- Woody Allen — Wikipedia
- Pope Francis — Wikipedia
- Jack Nicholson — Wikipedia
- Saddam Hussein — Wikipedia
- Kofi Annan — Wikipedia
- Francis Ford Coppola — Wikipedia
- Pelé — Wikipedia
- Bruce Lee — Wikipedia
- John Lennon — Wikipedia
- Wangarĩ Maathai — Wikipedia
- Bob Dylan — Wikipedia
- Muhammad Ali — Wikipedia
- Aretha Franklin — Wikipedia
- Jimi Hendrix — Wikipedia
- Stephen Hawking — Wikipedia
- Paul McCartney — Wikipedia
- Muammar Gaddafi — Wikipedia
- Joe Biden — Wikipedia
- Billie Jean King — Wikipedia
- George Harrison — Wikipedia
- Janis Joplin — Wikipedia
- Jim Morrison — Wikipedia
- Lech Wałęsa — Wikipedia
- George Lucas — Wikipedia
- Aung San Suu Kyi — Wikipedia
- Bob Marley — Wikipedia
- Freddie Mercury — Wikipedia
- Steven Spielberg — Wikipedia
- Donald Trump — Wikipedia
- George W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Bill Clinton — Wikipedia
- David Bowie — Wikipedia
- Hillary Clinton — Wikipedia
- Charles III — Wikipedia
- Haruki Murakami — Wikipedia
- Benjamin Netanyahu — Wikipedia
- Narendra Modi — Wikipedia
- Robin Williams — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Putin — Wikipedia
- Xi Jinping — Wikipedia
- Oprah Winfrey — Wikipedia
- Angela Merkel — Wikipedia
- Hugo Chávez — Wikipedia
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — Wikipedia
- François Hollande — Wikipedia
- Steve Jobs — Wikipedia
- Bill Gates — Wikipedia
- Nicolas Sarkozy — Wikipedia
- Pope Leo XIV — Wikipedia
- Ai Weiwei — Wikipedia
- Osama bin Laden — Wikipedia
- Michael Jackson — Wikipedia
- Prince (musician) — Wikipedia
- Keith Haring — Wikipedia
- Madonna — Wikipedia
- Rigoberta Menchú — Wikipedia
- Jean-Michel Basquiat — Wikipedia
- Diego Maradona — Wikipedia
- Naruhito — Wikipedia
- Diana, Princess of Wales — Wikipedia
- Wayne Gretzky — Wikipedia
- Barack Obama — Wikipedia
- Whitney Houston — Wikipedia
- Michael Jordan — Wikipedia
- Rafael Correa — Wikipedia
- Jeff Bezos — Wikipedia
- Michelle Obama — Wikipedia
- Kamala Harris — Wikipedia
- J. K. Rowling — Wikipedia
- Dmitry Medvedev — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia
- Kurt Cobain — Wikipedia
- Michael Schumacher — Wikipedia