Who Was Alive

Were Andrei Sakharov and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Andrei Sakharov and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1961 to 1989.

Andrei Sakharov was 40 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 28 when Andrei Sakharov died, aged 68.

Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist

Born 21 May 1921 · died 14 December 1989, aged 68

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. Andrei Sakharov
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Andrei Sakharov 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.