Who Was Alive

Were Hedy Lamarr and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Hedy Lamarr and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1961 to 2000.

Hedy Lamarr was 46 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 38 when Hedy Lamarr died, aged 85.

Hedy Lamarr

Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping

Born 9 November 1914 · died 19 January 2000, aged 85

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Hedy Lamarr 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.