Who Was Alive

Were Jiang Zemin and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Jiang Zemin and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 61 years, from 1961 to 2022.

Jiang Zemin was 34 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 61 when Jiang Zemin died, aged 96.

Jiang Zemin

Former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

Born 17 August 1926 · died 30 November 2022, aged 96

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Jiang Zemin 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.