Who Was Alive

Were Svetlana Alexievich and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Svetlana Alexievich and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1961 to today.

Svetlana Alexievich was 13 when Barack Obama was born.

Svetlana Alexievich

Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer

Born 31 May 1948 · living, 78 as of September 2026

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Svetlana Alexievich 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.