Who Was Alive

Were Mario Vargas Llosa and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Mario Vargas Llosa and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 63 years, from 1961 to 2025.

Mario Vargas Llosa was 25 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 63 when Mario Vargas Llosa died, aged 89.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer

Born 28 March 1936 · died 13 April 2025, aged 89

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Mario Vargas Llosa 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.