Who Was Alive

Were Helmut Kohl and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Helmut Kohl and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1961 to 2017.

Helmut Kohl was 31 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 55 when Helmut Kohl died, aged 87.

Helmut Kohl

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany

Born 3 April 1930 · died 16 June 2017, aged 87

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Helmut Kohl 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.