Barack Obama · Tupac Shakur Were Barack Obama and Tupac Shakur alive at the same time? Yes. Barack Obama and Tupac Shakur were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1971 to 1996. Barack Obama was 9 when Tupac Shakur was born.Barack Obama was 35 when Tupac Shakur died, aged 25. Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026Tupac ShakurAmerican rapper and actorBorn 16 June 1971 · died 13 September 1996, aged 25 Ronald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack ObamaTupac Shakur Barack Obama and Tupac Shakur 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.