Who Was Alive

Were Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1961 to today.

Hamid Karzai was 3 when Barack Obama was born.

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

Born 24 December 1957 · living, 68 as of September 2026

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Hamid Karzai
  6. Michael Jackson
  7. Barack Obama
Hamid Karzai 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.