Arnold Palmer vs David Bowie
Two child prodigies, compared on what is actually documented: field, era, country and record. No invented numbers.
The record, side by side
| Arnold Palmer | David Bowie | |
| Field | Sports | Film |
| Sub-field | Golf | Actor |
| Born | 1929 | 1947 |
| Died | 2016 | 2016 |
| Country of birth | United States | United Kingdom |
| Star sign | Virgo | Capricorn |
Who they are
Arnold Palmer
7 Major Championships — The King of Golf Arnie's Army · 62 PGA Tour victories · Made golf must-see television Born September 10, 1929 · Latrobe, Pennsylvania · Died September 25, 2016
Full biography of Arnold Palmer →
David Bowie
On June 6, 1972, a twenty-four-year-old Brixton-born musician named David Robert Jones — performing under the name David Bowie, inhabiting a character he had named Ziggy Stardust — appeared on the BBC television programme Top of the Pops to perform "Starman," draped his arm around his guitarist Mick Ronson's shoulders in a gesture that was, for British television in 1972, practically avant-garde, and stared directly into the camera. The performance reached approximately fifteen million viewers. Within a week, the Ziggy Stardust album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was…
Full biography of David Bowie →
What they share
- Their lifetimes overlap.
Where they part
- Different fields: Sports for Arnold Palmer, Film for David Bowie.
- Born in different countries: United States and United Kingdom.
- 18 years separate their births (1929 and 1947).
Questions people ask
- Who came first, Arnold Palmer or David Bowie?
- Arnold Palmer. Arnold Palmer was born in 1929, David Bowie in 1947.
- What field is each of them in?
- Arnold Palmer is filed under Sports (Golf). David Bowie is filed under Film (Actor).
- Were they contemporaries?
- Yes - their lifetimes overlap.