Who Was Alive

Were Erich Fromm and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Erich Fromm and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1961 to 1980.

Erich Fromm was 61 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 18 when Erich Fromm died, aged 79.

Erich Fromm

German-American sociologist and psychoanalyst

Born 23 March 1900 · died 18 March 1980, aged 79

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Erich Fromm
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Erich Fromm 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.