Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Helmut Schmidt and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1961 to 2015.

Helmut Schmidt was 42 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 54 when Helmut Schmidt died, aged 96.

Helmut Schmidt

Chancellor of West Germany

Born 23 December 1918 · died 10 November 2015, aged 96

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Helmut Schmidt 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.