Who Was Alive

Were Che Guevara and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Che Guevara and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1961 to 1967.

Che Guevara was 33 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 6 when Che Guevara died, aged 39.

Che Guevara

Argentine Marxist revolutionary

Born 14 June 1928 · died 9 October 1967, aged 39

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Che Guevara
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Che Guevara 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.