Hal Holbrook · Barack Obama Were Hal Holbrook and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Hal Holbrook and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 59 years, from 1961 to 2021. Hal Holbrook was 36 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 59 when Hal Holbrook died, aged 95. Hal HolbrookAmerican actorBorn 17 February 1925 · died 23 January 2021, aged 95Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaHal HolbrookDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Hal Holbrook 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.