Who Was Alive

Were Hirohito and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Hirohito and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1961 to 1989.

Hirohito was 60 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 27 when Hirohito died, aged 87.

Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

Born 29 April 1901 · died 7 January 1989, aged 87

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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