Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Alicia Keys alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Alicia Keys were alive at the same time for 44 or 45 years, from 1981 to today.

Barack Obama was 19 or 20 when Alicia Keys was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Alicia Keys

American singer-songwriter and pianist

Born 1981 · living, 44 or 45 as of September 2026

  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Michael Jackson
  6. Barack Obama
  7. Alicia Keys
Barack Obama and Alicia Keys 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.