Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Robert Downey Jr. alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Robert Downey Jr. were alive at the same time for 61 years, from 1965 to today.

Barack Obama was 3 when Robert Downey Jr. was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Robert Downey Jr.

American actor

Born 4 April 1965 · living, 61 as of September 2026

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