Barack Obama · Philip Seymour Hoffman Were Barack Obama and Philip Seymour Hoffman alive at the same time? Yes. Barack Obama and Philip Seymour Hoffman were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1967 to 2014. Barack Obama was 5 when Philip Seymour Hoffman was born.Barack Obama was 52 when Philip Seymour Hoffman died, aged 46. Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026Philip Seymour HoffmanAmerican actorBorn 23 July 1967 · died 2 February 2014, aged 46 Ronald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack ObamaPhilip Seymour Hoffman Barack Obama and Philip Seymour Hoffman 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.