Who Was Alive

Were Rajiv Gandhi and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Rajiv Gandhi and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1961 to 1991.

Rajiv Gandhi was 16 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 29 when Rajiv Gandhi died, aged 46.

Rajiv Gandhi

Prime Minister of India

Born 20 August 1944 · died 21 May 1991, aged 46

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Rajiv Gandhi 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.