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Who was alive in 2020?

2,341 well-known people were alive in 2020, including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Barack Obama (1961–) — president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
• Donald Trump (1946–) — American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
• Vladimir Putin (1952–) — 2nd and 4th President of Russia (2000–2008, 2012–present), 7th and 11th Prime Minister of Russia (1999–2000, 2008–2012)
• George W. Bush (1946–) — President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
• Joe Biden (1942–) — 46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
• Elizabeth II (1926–2022) — Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 (1926–2022)
• Bill Gates (1955–) — American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
• Jimmy Wales (1966–) — co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
• Pope Francis (1936–2025) — 266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
• Corbin Bleu (1989–) — American actor (born 1989)
• Bill Clinton (1946–) — President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
• Basshunter (1984–) — Swedish singer, record producer, and DJ
• Lionel Messi (1987–) — Argentine association football player (born 1987)
• Angela Merkel (1954–) — chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
• François Hollande (1954–) — President of France from 2012 to 2017 (born 1954)
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy (1978–) — President of Ukraine since 2019
• Cristiano Ronaldo (1985–) — Portuguese association football player
• Shakira (1977–) — Colombian singer, songwriter, and actress
• Benedict XVI (1927–2022) — 265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
• Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) — leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
• Jimmy Carter (1924–2024) — president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
• Elon Musk (1971–) — American businessman (born 1971)
• Emmanuel Macron (1977–) — president of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
• Hillary Clinton (1947–) — American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
• Lady Gaga (1986–) — American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)
• Nicolas Sarkozy (1955–) — 23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012
• Kamala Harris (1964–) — Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025
• Xi Jinping (1953–) — General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012 (born 1953)
• Madonna (1958–) — American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
• Naruhito (1960–) — Emperor of Japan (born 1960)
• Noam Chomsky (1928–) — American linguist and activist (born 1928)
• Bob Dylan (1941–) — American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954–) — President of Turkey since 2014
• Pelé (1940–2022) — Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)
• J. K. Rowling (1965–) — British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
• Justin Bieber (1994–) — Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1994)
• Kim Jong-un (1984–) — Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011
• Selena Gomez (1992–) — American singer and actress (born 1992)
• Lech Wałęsa (1943–) — President of Poland from 1990 to 1995 (born 1943)
• Charles III (1948–) — King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
• Eminem (1972–) — American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)
• Diego Maradona (1960–2020) — Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
• Rafael Correa (1963–) — President of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia
• Taylor Swift (1989–) — American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
• Beyoncé (1981–) — American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (born 1981)
• Narendra Modi (1950–) — Prime Minister of India since 2014
• Leo XIV (1955–) — 267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
• Aung San Suu Kyi (1945–) — former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
• Michael Schumacher (1969–) — German racing driver (born 1969)
• Angelina Jolie (1975–) — American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
• Steven Spielberg (1946–) — American filmmaker (born 1946)
• Dmitry Medvedev (1965–) — President of Russia from 2008 to 2012, Prime Minister of Russia (2012-2020) and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020
• Benjamin Netanyahu (1949–) — Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
• Anna Netrebko (1971–) — Russian and Austrian operatic soprano
• Mark Zuckerberg (1984–) — American Internet entrepreneur
• Tenzin Gyatso (1935–) — 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans
• Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) — Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)
• Shinzō Abe (1954–2022) — Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022)
• Jackie Chan (1954–) — Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
• Tim Berners-Lee (1955–) — English computer scientist (born 1955)
• Guillermo Lasso (1955–) — 55th President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023
• Céline Dion (1968–) — French Canadian singer (born 1968)
• Roger Federer (1981–) — Swiss tennis player (born 1981)
• Lana Del Rey (1985–) — American singer-songwriter (born 1985)
• Ali Khamenei (1939–2026) — cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
• Woody Allen (1935–) — American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)
• Alexander Lukashenka (1954–) — President of the Republic of Belarus
• Rihanna (1988–) — Barbadian singer (born 1988)
• Tony Blair (1953–) — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
• Scarlett Johansson (1984–) — American actress (born 1984)
• Neymar (1992–) — Brazilian association football player (born 1992)
• Rafael Nadal (1986–) — Spanish tennis player (born 1986)
• Greta Thunberg (2003–) — Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
• Ban Ki-moon (1944–) — 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947–) — Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
• David Cameron (1966–) — British politician (born 1966)
• Malala Yousafzai (1997–) — Pakistani children's education activist
• Novak Djokovic (1987–) — Serbian tennis player
• Brigitte Bardot (1934–2025) — French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
• Boris Johnson (1964–) — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

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