Who Was Alive

Were Elie Wiesel and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Elie Wiesel and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1961 to 2016.

Elie Wiesel was 32 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 54 when Elie Wiesel died, aged 87.

Elie Wiesel

Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor

Born 30 September 1928 · died 2 July 2016, aged 87

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Elie Wiesel 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.