Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Bashar al-Assad alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Bashar al-Assad were alive at the same time for 61 years, from 1965 to today.

Barack Obama was 4 when Bashar al-Assad was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Bashar al-Assad

Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024

Born 11 September 1965 · living, 61 as of September 2026

  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Michael Jackson
  6. Barack Obama
  7. Bashar al-Assad
Barack Obama and Bashar al-Assad 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.