Who Was Alive

Were Murray Gell-Mann and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Murray Gell-Mann and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 57 years, from 1961 to 2019.

Murray Gell-Mann was 31 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 57 when Murray Gell-Mann died, aged 89.

Murray Gell-Mann

American physicist

Born 15 September 1929 · died 24 May 2019, aged 89

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Murray Gell-Mann 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.