Who Was Alive

Were Mikhail Sholokhov and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Mikhail Sholokhov and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1961 to 1984.

Mikhail Sholokhov was 56 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 22 when Mikhail Sholokhov died, aged 78.

Mikhail Sholokhov

Soviet writer

Born 11 May 1905 (Julian calendar) · died 21 February 1984, aged 78

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Mikhail Sholokhov 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.