Who Was Alive

Were Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1961 to 1964.

Herbert Hoover was 86 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 3 when Herbert Hoover died, aged 90.

Herbert Hoover

President of the United States from 1929 to 1933

Born 10 August 1874 · died 20 October 1964, aged 90

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Herbert Hoover
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Herbert Hoover 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.