Who Was Alive

Were Nadine Gordimer and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Nadine Gordimer and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1961 to 2014.

Nadine Gordimer was 37 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 52 when Nadine Gordimer died, aged 90.

Nadine Gordimer

South African writer

Born 20 November 1923 · died 13 July 2014, aged 90

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Nadine Gordimer 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.