Who Was Alive

Were Eugene Paul Wigner and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Eugene Paul Wigner and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1961 to 1995.

Eugene Paul Wigner was 58 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 33 when Eugene Paul Wigner died, aged 92.

Eugene Paul Wigner

Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician

Born 17 November 1902 · died 1 January 1995, aged 92

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
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  3. Eugene Paul Wigner
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
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  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Eugene Paul Wigner 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.