Who Was Alive

Were Clement Attlee and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Clement Attlee and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1961 to 1967.

Clement Attlee was 78 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 6 when Clement Attlee died, aged 84.

Clement Attlee

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951

Born 3 January 1883 · died 8 October 1967, aged 84

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Clement Attlee 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.