Who Was Alive

Were T. S. Eliot and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. T. S. Eliot and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1961 to 1965.

T. S. Eliot was 72 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 3 when T. S. Eliot died, aged 76.

T. S. Eliot

US-British poet

Born 26 September 1888 · died 4 January 1965, aged 76

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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T. S. Eliot 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.