Frank Sinatra · Barack Obama Were Frank Sinatra and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Frank Sinatra and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1961 to 1998. Frank Sinatra was 45 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 36 when Frank Sinatra died, aged 82. Frank SinatraAmerican singer and actorBorn 12 December 1915 · died 14 May 1998, aged 82Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganFrank SinatraNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Frank Sinatra 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.