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Influential People: were both alive at any point in their lives?

If both figures were alive at any point in their lifetimes, select yes. If they didn't share any dates in common, select no.
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Last updated: February 5, 2022
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1. Laozi, Confucius and Buddha
Yes
No
Somewhat disputed, given the lack of details around Laozi's life.
2. Mahatma Gandhi and Charles Dickens
Yes
No
Ghandi was born in 1869. Dickens died the year after.
3. Tiberius Augustus and Jesus Christ
Yes
No
4. Plato and Aristotle
Yes
No
5. Henry VIII and William Shakespeare
Yes
No
Shakespeare was an Elizabethan and Jacobean writer, though the 'Tudor' label may have thrown some people off here.
6. Nero and Julius Caesar
Yes
No
7. Genghis Khan and Marco Polo
Yes
No
Polo met Kublai Khan in the 1270s. Ghenghis had died in 1227.
8. Frank Sinatra and James Joyce
Yes
No
9. Haile Selassie and Madonna
Yes
No
Selassie died in 1974.
10. Toulouse-Lautrec and John Steinbeck
Yes
No
Toulouse-Lautrec died at the turn of the century, in 1901. Steinbeck was born the year after.
11. Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II
Yes
No
12. Jane Austen and George Eliot
Yes
No
Austen died in 1817. George Eliot was born in 1819.
13. Miles Davis and John Singer Sargent
Yes
No
Sargent died in 1925, while Davis was born in 1926.
14. Michael Caine and Neville Chamberlain
Yes
No
15. Ingmar Bergman and Fyodor Dostoevsky
Yes
No
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