contemporary
n. countablen. a person who lives at the same time as someone else. It can also mean someone who is about the same age as you.
n. a person belonging to the same time or period as another. Often used to describe peers within a specific professional or artistic generation.
He was a contemporary of the famous writer.
While they never met in person, the two scientists were contemporaries who followed each other's research closely.
The museum's latest exhibition features works by the artist alongside those of his contemporaries to show how the political climate of the era influenced their collective style.
From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).
Often followed by the preposition 'of' when establishing a relationship between two people.