Barack Obama · Paul Walker Were Barack Obama and Paul Walker alive at the same time? Yes. Barack Obama and Paul Walker were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1973 to 2013. Barack Obama was 12 when Paul Walker was born.Barack Obama was 52 when Paul Walker died, aged 40. Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026Paul WalkerAmerican actorBorn 12 September 1973 · died 30 November 2013, aged 40 Ronald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack ObamaPaul Walker Barack Obama and Paul Walker 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.