Who Was Alive

Were Ariel Sharon and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Ariel Sharon and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1961 to 2014.

Ariel Sharon was 33 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 52 when Ariel Sharon died, aged 85.

Ariel Sharon

Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006

Born 26–27 February 1928 · died 11 January 2014, aged 85

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Ariel Sharon 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.