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Were They Alive For Their Biopic?

Were these people alive when these films about their lives were released?
Hint: if they die in the film then probably not.
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Last updated: May 15, 2023
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First submittedMay 9, 2023
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1. Was Muhammed Ali alive when Ali was released?
Person: 1942 - 2016, Film: 2001
Yes
No
2. Was Steve Jobs alive when Steve Jobs was released?
Person: 1955 - 2011, Film: 2015
Yes
No
3. Was Andy Kaufman alive when Man on the Moon was released?
Person: 1949 - 1984, Film: 1999
Yes
No
4. Was Tonya Harding alive when I, Tonya was released?
Person: 1970 - Present, Film: 2017
Yes
No
5. Was John Nash Jr. alive when A Beautiful Mind was released?
Person: 1928 - 2015, Film: 2001
Yes
No
6. Was Freddie Mercury alive when Bohemian Rhapsody was released?
Person: 1946 - 1991, Film: 2018
Yes
No
7. Was Malcolm X alive when Malcolm X was released?
Person: 1925 - 1965, Film: 1992
Yes
No
8. Was Elton John alive when Rocketman was released?
Person: 1947 - Present, Film: 2019
Yes
No
9. Was Steven Hawking alive when The Theory of Everything was released?
Person: 1942 - 2018, Film: 2014
Yes
No
10. Was T. E. Lawrence alive when Lawrence of Arabia was released?
Person: 1888 - 1935, Film: 1962
Yes
No
11. Was Howard Hughes alive when The Aviator was released?
Person: 1905 - 1976, Film: 2004
Yes
No
12. Was Jake LaMotta alive when Raging Bull was released?
Person: 1922 - 2017, Film: 1980
Yes
No
13. Was Oscar Schindler alive when Schindler's List was released?
Person: 1908 - 1974, Film: 1993
Yes
No
14. Was Elizabeth II alive when The Queen was released?
Person: 1926 - 2022, Film: 2006
Yes
No
15. Was Moses alive when The Ten Commandments was released?
Person: 1391–1271 BCE, Film: 1956
Yes
No
11 Comments
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Level 86
May 15, 2023
Part 2 HERE
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Level ∞
May 9, 2023
Good quiz! Only missed Moses.
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Level 86
May 9, 2023
Thanks! Understandable, he did have a very long life by all accounts.
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Level 80
May 9, 2023
Loved it. A few were plausibly either way… Moses too hard?
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Level 68
May 15, 2023
Had a good chuckle at last question 😀
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Level 87
May 15, 2023
Doesn't change the answer, but Malcolm X died in 1965, not 1956.
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Level 86
May 15, 2023
Corrected, thanks
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Level 80
May 15, 2023
Also, doesn't change the answer, but Elton John was born in 1947, not 1962.
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Level 86
May 15, 2023
Whoops, I accidentally used the "years active" dates. Thanks
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Level 91
Jun 5, 2023
14/15. Only missed Moses.
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Level 67
Jul 8, 2024
Really helps to have seen some of these if the person dies at the end - don't think the biopic could've predicted Lawrence's end!