Alvar Aalto · Barack Obama Were Alvar Aalto and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Alvar Aalto and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1961 to 1976. Alvar Aalto was 63 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 14 when Alvar Aalto died, aged 78. Alvar AaltoFinnish architect and designerBorn 3 February 1898 · died 11 May 1976, aged 78Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerAlvar AaltoRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Alvar Aalto 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.