Who Was Alive

Were Louise Glück and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Louise Glück and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 62 years, from 1961 to 2023.

Louise Glück was 18 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 62 when Louise Glück died, aged 80.

Louise Glück

U.S. poet and Nobel laureate

Born 22 April 1943 · died 13 October 2023, aged 80

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Louise Glück 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.