Kwame Nkrumah · Barack Obama Were Kwame Nkrumah and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Kwame Nkrumah and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1961 to 1972. Kwame Nkrumah was 51 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 10 when Kwame Nkrumah died, aged 62. Kwame NkrumahGhanaian politicianBorn 21 September 1909 · died 27 April 1972, aged 62Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerKwame NkrumahRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Kwame Nkrumah 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.