Who Was Alive

Were Aldous Huxley and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Aldous Huxley and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1961 to 1963.

Aldous Huxley was 67 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 2 when Aldous Huxley died, aged 69.

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher

Born 26 July 1894 · died 22 November 1963, aged 69

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

Born 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Aldous Huxley
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Aldous Huxley and Barack Obama in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.