Who Was Alive

Were Zaha Hadid and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Zaha Hadid and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1961 to 2016.

Zaha Hadid was 10 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 54 when Zaha Hadid died, aged 65.

Zaha Hadid

Iraqi British architect, designer and painter

Born 31 October 1950 · died 31 March 2016, aged 65

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Ronald Reagan
  3. Nelson Mandela
  4. Donald Trump
  5. Zaha Hadid
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Zaha Hadid 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.