Who Was Alive

Were Czesław Miłosz and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Czesław Miłosz and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1961 to 2004.

Czesław Miłosz was 50 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 43 when Czesław Miłosz died, aged 93.

Czesław Miłosz

Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate

Born 30 June 1911 · died 14 August 2004, aged 93

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Czesław Miłosz 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.