Who Was Alive

Were Dag Hammarskjöld and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Dag Hammarskjöld and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 0 years, from 1961 to 1961.

Dag Hammarskjöld was 56 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was under a year old when Dag Hammarskjöld died, aged 56.

Dag Hammarskjöld

Swedish diplomat, economist, and author

Born 29 July 1905 · died 18 September 1961, aged 56

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Dag Hammarskjöld 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.