Who Was Alive

Were Imre Kertész and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Imre Kertész and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1961 to 2016.

Imre Kertész was 31 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 54 when Imre Kertész died, aged 86.

Imre Kertész

Hungarian author

Born 9 November 1929 · died 31 March 2016, aged 86

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Imre Kertész 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.