Who Was Alive

Were Pier Paolo Pasolini and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Pier Paolo Pasolini and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1961 to 1975.

Pier Paolo Pasolini was 39 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 14 when Pier Paolo Pasolini died, aged 53.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual

Born 5 March 1922 · died 2 November 1975, aged 53

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Pier Paolo Pasolini 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.