Henry Fonda · Barack Obama Were Henry Fonda and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Henry Fonda and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1961 to 1982. Henry Fonda was 56 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 21 when Henry Fonda died, aged 77. Henry FondaAmerican actorBorn 16 May 1905 · died 12 August 1982, aged 77Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerHenry FondaRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Henry Fonda 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.