Who Was Alive

Were Vladimir Putin and Liu Xiaobo alive at the same time?

Yes. Vladimir Putin and Liu Xiaobo were alive at the same time for 61 years, from 1955 to 2017.

Vladimir Putin was 3 when Liu Xiaobo was born.

Vladimir Putin was 64 when Liu Xiaobo died, aged 61.

Vladimir Putin

President of the Russian Federation

Born 7 October 1952 · living, 73 as of September 2026

Liu Xiaobo

Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist

Born 28 December 1955 · died 13 July 2017, aged 61

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Ronald Reagan
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Liu Xiaobo
  6. Michael Jackson
  7. Barack Obama
Vladimir Putin and Liu Xiaobo 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.