Who Was Alive

Were Ezra Pound and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Ezra Pound and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1961 to 1972.

Ezra Pound was 75 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 11 when Ezra Pound died, aged 87.

Ezra Pound

American poet and critic

Born 30 October 1885 · died 1 November 1972, aged 87

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Ezra Pound 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.