Barack Obama · Maryam Mirzakhani Were Barack Obama and Maryam Mirzakhani alive at the same time? Yes. Barack Obama and Maryam Mirzakhani were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1977 to 2017. Barack Obama was 15 when Maryam Mirzakhani was born.Barack Obama was 55 when Maryam Mirzakhani died, aged 40. Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026Maryam MirzakhaniIranian mathematicianBorn 12 May 1977 · died 14 July 2017, aged 40 Ronald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack ObamaMaryam Mirzakhani Barack Obama and Maryam Mirzakhani 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.