Who Was Alive

Were Xi Jinping and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

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

Xi Jinping was 8 when Barack Obama was born.

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012

Born 15 June 1953 · living, 73 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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Xi Jinping 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.