Who Was Alive

Were Mahathir Mohamad and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Mahathir Mohamad and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1961 to today.

Mahathir Mohamad was 36 when Barack Obama was born.

Mahathir Mohamad

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

Born 10 July 1925 · living, 101 as of September 2026

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Mahathir Mohamad
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  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
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Mahathir Mohamad 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.