Who Was Alive

Were Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 60 years, from 1961 to 2021.

Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa was 24 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 60 when Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa died, aged 84.

Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa

President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019

Born 2 March 1937 · died 17 September 2021, aged 84

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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  4. Nelson Mandela
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Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa 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.