Who Was Alive

Were C. S. Lewis and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. C. S. Lewis and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1961 to 1963.

C. S. Lewis was 62 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 2 when C. S. Lewis died, aged 64.

C. S. Lewis

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar

Born 29 November 1898 · died 22 November 1963, aged 64

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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C. S. Lewis and Barack Obama 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.