Who Was Alive

Were Pyotr Kapitsa and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Pyotr Kapitsa and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1961 to 1984.

Pyotr Kapitsa was 67 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 22 when Pyotr Kapitsa died, aged 89.

Pyotr Kapitsa

Soviet physicist

Born 26 June 1894 (Julian calendar) · died 8 April 1984, aged 89

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Pyotr Kapitsa 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.