Who Was Alive

Were Gamal Abdel Nasser and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Gamal Abdel Nasser and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1961 to 1970.

Gamal Abdel Nasser was 43 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 9 when Gamal Abdel Nasser died, aged 52.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

Born 15 January 1918 · died 28 September 1970, aged 52

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
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  4. Gamal Abdel Nasser
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  9. Barack Obama
Gamal Abdel Nasser 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.