Who Was Alive

Were Pablo Picasso and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Pablo Picasso and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1961 to 1973.

Pablo Picasso was 79 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 11 when Pablo Picasso died, aged 91.

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor

Born 25 October 1881 · died 8 April 1973, aged 91

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Pablo Picasso 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.