Who Was Alive

Were Eduard Shevardnadze and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Eduard Shevardnadze and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1961 to 2014.

Eduard Shevardnadze was 33 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 52 when Eduard Shevardnadze died, aged 86.

Eduard Shevardnadze

Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat, Soviet foreign minister and second President of Georgia

Born 25 January 1928 · died 7 July 2014, aged 86

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Eduard Shevardnadze
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Eduard Shevardnadze 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.