Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Garry Kasparov alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Garry Kasparov were alive at the same time for 63 years, from 1963 to today.

Barack Obama was 1 when Garry Kasparov was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Garry Kasparov

Russian chess grandmaster and activist

Born 13 April 1963 · living, 63 as of September 2026

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