Who Was Alive

Were Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1961 to 1975.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was 41 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 14 when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman died, aged 55.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh

Born 17 March 1920 · died 15 August 1975, aged 55

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 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.