Who Was Alive

Were Deng Xiaoping and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Deng Xiaoping and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1961 to 1997.

Deng Xiaoping was 56 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 35 when Deng Xiaoping died, aged 92.

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

Born 22 August 1904 · died 19 February 1997, aged 92

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Deng Xiaoping 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.