Who Was Alive

Were Rosa Parks and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Rosa Parks and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1961 to 2005.

Rosa Parks was 48 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 44 when Rosa Parks died, aged 92.

Rosa Parks

Civil rights activist

Born 4 February 1913 · died 24 October 2005, aged 92

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Rosa Parks 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.