Paul Newman · Barack Obama Were Paul Newman and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Paul Newman and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1961 to 2008. Paul Newman was 36 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 47 when Paul Newman died, aged 83. Paul NewmanAmerican actorBorn 26 January 1925 · died 26 September 2008, aged 83Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaPaul NewmanDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Paul Newman 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.