Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie were alive at the same time for 49 years, from 1977 to today.

Barack Obama was 16 when Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian writer

Born 15 September 1977 · living, 49 as of September 2026

  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Michael Jackson
  6. Barack Obama
  7. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Barack Obama and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 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.