Richard Feynman · Barack Obama Were Richard Feynman and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Richard Feynman and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1961 to 1988. Richard Feynman was 43 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 26 when Richard Feynman died, aged 69. Richard FeynmanAmerican theoretical physicistBorn 11 May 1918 · died 15 February 1988, aged 69Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganRichard FeynmanNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Richard Feynman 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.