Who Was Alive

Were Heydar Aliyev and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Heydar Aliyev and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1961 to 2003.

Heydar Aliyev was 38 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 42 when Heydar Aliyev died, aged 80.

Heydar Aliyev

3rd President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Born 10 May 1923 · died 12 December 2003, aged 80

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Heydar Aliyev 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.