Edward Said · Barack Obama Were Edward Said and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Edward Said and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1961 to 2003. Edward Said was 25 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 42 when Edward Said died, aged 67. Edward SaidPalestinian-American professorBorn 1 November 1935 · died 24–25 September 2003, aged 67Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaEdward SaidDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Edward Said 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.