Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Mesut Özil alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Mesut Özil were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1988 to today.

Barack Obama was 27 when Mesut Özil was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Mesut Özil

Turkish-German association football player

Born 15 October 1988 · living, 37 as of September 2026

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