Barack Obama · Kobe Bryant Were Barack Obama and Kobe Bryant alive at the same time? Yes. Barack Obama and Kobe Bryant were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1978 to 2020. Barack Obama was 17 when Kobe Bryant was born.Barack Obama was 58 when Kobe Bryant died, aged 41. Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026Kobe BryantAmerican basketball playerBorn 23 August 1978 · died 26 January 2020, aged 41 Ronald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack ObamaKobe Bryant Barack Obama and Kobe Bryant 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.