Who Was Alive

Were Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1961 to 2002.

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was 61 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 40 when Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died, aged 101.

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952

Born 4 August 1900 · died 30 March 2002, aged 101

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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