Who Was Alive

Were B. B. King and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. B. B. King and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 53 years, from 1961 to 2015.

B. B. King was 35 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 53 when B. B. King died, aged 89.

B. B. King

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter

Born 16 September 1925 · died 14 May 2015, aged 89

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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B. B. King 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.