Who Was Alive

Were Margaret Thatcher and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Margaret Thatcher and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1961 to 2013.

Margaret Thatcher was 35 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 51 when Margaret Thatcher died, aged 87.

Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990

Born 13 October 1925 · died 8 April 2013, aged 87

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. Margaret Thatcher
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Margaret Thatcher 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.