Groucho Marx · Barack Obama Were Groucho Marx and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Groucho Marx and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1961 to 1977. Groucho Marx was 70 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 16 when Groucho Marx died, aged 86. Groucho MarxAmerican comedianBorn 2 October 1890 · died 19 August 1977, aged 86Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerGroucho MarxRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Groucho Marx 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.