Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1971 to 2019.

Barack Obama was 9 when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was born.

Barack Obama was 58 when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died, aged 48.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Leader of the Islamic State

Born 28 July 1971 · died 27 October 2019, aged 48

  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Michael Jackson
  6. Barack Obama
  7. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Barack Obama and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 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.