Who Was Alive

Were Otto Hahn and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Otto Hahn and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1961 to 1968.

Otto Hahn was 82 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 6 when Otto Hahn died, aged 89.

Otto Hahn

German chemist and physicist

Born 8 March 1879 · died 28 July 1968, aged 89

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Otto Hahn
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Otto Hahn 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.