Who Was Alive

Were Akihito and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

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

Akihito was 27 when Barack Obama was born.

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

Born 23 December 1933 · living, 92 as of September 2026

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Akihito
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Akihito 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.