Childhood
age 0–12 · 1937–1949
26 notable deaths
Teenage Years
age 13–19 · 1950–1956
14 notable deaths
Young Adult
age 20–35 · 1957–1972
46 notable deaths
Middle Age
age 36–55 · 1973–1992
37 notable deaths
Senior Years
age 56+ · 1993–2026
68 notable deaths
1939
Sigmund Freud
1856–1939
Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Jack Nicholson was 2 years old
1941
Virginia Woolf
1882–1941
Literature
Mrs Dalloway, modernist pioneer
Jack Nicholson was 4 years old
1941
James Joyce
1882–1941
Literature
Ulysses, literary revolutionary
Jack Nicholson was 4 years old
1947
Max Planck
1858–1947
Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Jack Nicholson was 10 years old
1952
Eva Perón
1919–1952
Politics & Leadership
Argentina's beloved Evita
Jack Nicholson was 15 years old
1954
Frida Kahlo
1907–1954
Art
Self-portraits, Mexican cultural icon
Jack Nicholson was 17 years old
1959
Billie Holiday
1915–1959
Music
Strange Fruit, jazz vocal legend
Jack Nicholson was 22 years old
1959
Frank Lloyd Wright
1867–1959
Art
American architect of Fallingwater
Jack Nicholson was 22 years old
1963
Sylvia Plath
1932–1963
Literature
The Bell Jar, confessional poetry
Jack Nicholson was 26 years old
1963
C. S. Lewis
1898–1963
Literature
Author of The Chronicles of Narnia
Jack Nicholson was 26 years old
1970
Jimi Hendrix
1942–1970
Music
Greatest electric guitarist of all time
Jack Nicholson was 33 years old
1971
Igor Stravinsky
1882–1971
Music
The Rite of Spring, modern classical
Jack Nicholson was 34 years old
1971
Coco Chanel
1883–1971
Business & Industry
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5
Jack Nicholson was 34 years old
1971
Louis Armstrong
1901–1971
Music
What a Wonderful World, jazz trumpet
Jack Nicholson was 34 years old
1972
Jackie Robinson
1919–1972
Sports
Broke baseball's color barrier
Jack Nicholson was 35 years old
1973
Pablo Picasso
1881–1973
Art
Cubism, Guernica, most prolific artist
Jack Nicholson was 36 years old
1973
Pablo Neruda
1904–1973
Literature
Chilean poet and Nobel laureate
Jack Nicholson was 36 years old
1980
Jesse Owens
1913–1980
Sports
4 gold medals at 1936 Berlin Olympics
Jack Nicholson was 43 years old
1988
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960–1988
Art
Neo-expressionist street art icon
Jack Nicholson was 51 years old
1989
Salvador Dalí
1904–1989
Art
The Persistence of Memory, surrealist
Jack Nicholson was 52 years old
1990
Roald Dahl
1916–1990
Literature
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jack Nicholson was 53 years old
2003
Johnny Cash
1932–2003
Music
The Man in Black, country music legend
Jack Nicholson was 66 years old
2004
Ray Charles
1930–2004
Music
The Genius of Soul, Georgia On My Mind
Jack Nicholson was 67 years old
2008
Edmund Hillary
1919–2008
Exploration
First to summit Mount Everest
Jack Nicholson was 71 years old
2008
Heath Ledger
1979–2008
Film & Entertainment
The Dark Knight's Joker
Jack Nicholson was 71 years old
2011
Osama bin Laden
1957–2011
Politics & Leadership
Founder of al-Qaeda
Jack Nicholson was 74 years old
2012
Neil Armstrong
1930–2012
Exploration
First human to walk on the Moon
Jack Nicholson was 75 years old
2012
Whitney Houston
1963–2012
Music
The Voice, I Will Always Love You
Jack Nicholson was 75 years old
2014
Maya Angelou
1928–2014
Literature
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Jack Nicholson was 77 years old
2016
Prince
1958–2016
Music
Purple Rain, multi-instrumentalist genius
Jack Nicholson was 79 years old
Today — 2026
Jack Nicholson is 89 years old