Who Was Alive

Were Stephen Hawking and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Stephen Hawking and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1961 to 2018.

Stephen Hawking was 19 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 56 when Stephen Hawking died, aged 76.

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author

Born 8 January 1942 · died 14 March 2018, aged 76

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. Stephen Hawking
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Stephen Hawking 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.