Who Was Alive

Were Charlie Chaplin and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Charlie Chaplin and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1961 to 1977.

Charlie Chaplin was 72 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 16 when Charlie Chaplin died, aged 88.

Charlie Chaplin

English actor and filmmaker

Born 16 April 1889 · died 25 December 1977, aged 88

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Charlie Chaplin 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.