6 pairs of historical figures you didn't realize were contemporaries

These two iconic thinkers were born on February 12, 1809.

In 2020, Marilyn Monroe would be 94 years old.

When Stephen Hawking became a student, Erwin Schrödinger was still alive, fighting with tuberculosis.

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Though many people believe that Da Vinci lived years before the discovery of the New World, he was even a year younger than Columbus. As the information traveled very slow back then, it's still unclear whether Leonardo was aware of Columbus' discovery.

Orville Wright, one of the famous Wright brothers, was 58 when Armstrong was born. The other brother, Wilbur, died in 1912. The brothers achieved the first successful flight in 1903, and only 66 years later humanity reached the Moon.

Many people know about Hendrix's tragic life story, but some find it surprising that the iconic artist Pablo Picasso actually outlived the famous musician. At the time of Hendrix's premature death in 1970, Picasso was 88. He died at the age of 91.