Who Was Alive

Were Leni Riefenstahl and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Leni Riefenstahl and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1961 to 2003.

Leni Riefenstahl was 58 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 42 when Leni Riefenstahl died, aged 101.

Leni Riefenstahl

German filmmaker, photographer, actress, and nazi propagandist

Born 22 August 1902 · died 8 September 2003, aged 101

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Leni Riefenstahl 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.