Who Was Alive

Were J. Robert Oppenheimer and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1961 to 1967.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was 57 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 5 when J. Robert Oppenheimer died, aged 62.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

American theoretical physicist

Born 22 April 1904 · died 18 February 1967, aged 62

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
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  3. J. Robert Oppenheimer
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  5. Nelson Mandela
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  7. Vladimir Putin
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J. Robert Oppenheimer 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.