Who Was Alive

Were Kim Dae-jung and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Kim Dae-jung and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1961 to 2009.

Kim Dae-jung was 37 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 48 when Kim Dae-jung died, aged 85.

Kim Dae-jung

8th President of the Republic of Korea

Born 6 January 1924 · died 18 August 2009, aged 85

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Kim Dae-jung 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.