Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Volodymyr Zelenskyy alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Volodymyr Zelenskyy were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1978 to today.

Barack Obama was 16 when Volodymyr Zelenskyy was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine since 2019

Born 25 January 1978 · living, 48 as of September 2026

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