Who Was Alive

Were Barack Obama and Tawakkol Karman alive at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Tawakkol Karman were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1979 to today.

Barack Obama was 17 when Tawakkol Karman was born.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

Tawakkol Karman

Yemeni-Turkish journalist, politician and human rights activist

Born 7 February 1979 · living, 47 as of September 2026

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