Who Was Alive

Were Jacques Chirac and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Jacques Chirac and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 58 years, from 1961 to 2019.

Jacques Chirac was 28 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 58 when Jacques Chirac died, aged 86.

Jacques Chirac

President of France from 1995 to 2007

Born 29 November 1932 · died 26 September 2019, aged 86

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Jacques Chirac 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.