Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Kurt Cobain alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Kurt Cobain were alive at the same time, from 1967 to c. 1994.

Barack Obama was 5 when Kurt Cobain was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician, singer and songwriter

Born 20 February 1967 · died c. 1994

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  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Michael Jackson
  6. Barack Obama
  7. Kurt Cobain
Barack Obama and Kurt Cobain 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.