Johnny Cash · Barack Obama Were Johnny Cash and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Johnny Cash and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1961 to 2003. Johnny Cash was 29 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 42 when Johnny Cash died, aged 71. Johnny CashAmerican country singerBorn 26 February 1932 · died 12 September 2003, aged 71Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaJohnny CashDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Johnny Cash 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.