Who Was Alive

Were Ruhollah Khomeini and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Ruhollah Khomeini and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1961 to 1989.

Barack Obama was 27 when Ruhollah Khomeini died.

Ruhollah Khomeini

Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989

Born 1900–1902 · died 1989

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Ruhollah Khomeini 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.