Who Was Alive

Were Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1961 to 1973.

Lyndon B. Johnson was 52 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 11 when Lyndon B. Johnson died, aged 64.

Lyndon B. Johnson

President of the United States from 1963 to 1969

Born 27 August 1908 · died 22 January 1973, aged 64

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Lyndon B. Johnson 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.