Who Was Alive

Were Salvatore Quasimodo and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Salvatore Quasimodo and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1961 to 1968.

Salvatore Quasimodo was 59 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 6 when Salvatore Quasimodo died, aged 66.

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian writer

Born 20 August 1901 · died 14 June 1968, aged 66

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Salvatore Quasimodo 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.