Who Was Alive

Were Akira Kurosawa and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Akira Kurosawa and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1961 to 1998.

Akira Kurosawa was 51 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 37 when Akira Kurosawa died, aged 88.

Akira Kurosawa

Japanese filmmaker

Born 23 March 1910 · died 6 September 1998, aged 88

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Akira Kurosawa 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.