Who Was Alive

Were Gabriel García Márquez and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Gabriel García Márquez and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1961 to 2014.

Gabriel García Márquez was 34 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 52 when Gabriel García Márquez died, aged 87.

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate

Born 6 March 1927 · died 17 April 2014, aged 87

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Gabriel García Márquez 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.