Who Was Alive

Were Helen Keller and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Helen Keller and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1961 to 1968.

Helen Keller was 81 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 6 when Helen Keller died, aged 87.

Helen Keller

American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar

Born 27 June 1880 · died 1 June 1968, aged 87

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Helen Keller
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Helen Keller 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.