Who Was Alive

Were Kofi Annan and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Kofi Annan and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 57 years, from 1961 to 2018.

Kofi Annan was 23 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 57 when Kofi Annan died, aged 80.

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Born 8 April 1938 · died 18 August 2018, aged 80

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Kofi Annan 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.