Who Was Alive

Were Enid Blyton and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Enid Blyton and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1961 to 1968.

Enid Blyton was 63 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 7 when Enid Blyton died, aged 71.

Enid Blyton

English author

Born 11 August 1897 · died 28 November 1968, aged 71

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Enid Blyton 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.