Who Was Alive

Were Ban Ki-moon and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Ban Ki-moon and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1961 to today.

Ban Ki-moon was 17 when Barack Obama was born.

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Born 13 June 1944 · living, 82 as of September 2026

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. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Ban Ki-moon
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Ban Ki-moon 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.