Frank Herbert · Barack Obama Were Frank Herbert and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Frank Herbert and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1961 to 1986. Frank Herbert was 40 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 24 when Frank Herbert died, aged 65. Frank HerbertAmerican writerBorn 8 October 1920 · died 11 February 1986, aged 65Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaFrank HerbertDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Frank Herbert 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.