Jacques Derrida · Barack Obama Were Jacques Derrida and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Jacques Derrida and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1961 to 2004. Jacques Derrida was 31 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 43 when Jacques Derrida died, aged 74. Jacques DerridaFrench philosopherBorn 15 July 1930 · died 8–9 October 2004, aged 74Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaJacques DerridaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Jacques Derrida 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.