Who Was Alive

Were Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1961 to 2016.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali was 38 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 54 when Boutros Boutros-Ghali died, aged 93.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996

Born 14 November 1922 · died 16 February 2016, aged 93

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Barack Obama 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.