Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Arundhati Roy alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Arundhati Roy were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1961 to today.

Barack Obama was under a year old when Arundhati Roy was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

Born 24 November 1961 · living, 64 as of September 2026

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