Who Was Alive

Were Jaroslav Seifert and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Jaroslav Seifert and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1961 to 1986.

Jaroslav Seifert was 59 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 24 when Jaroslav Seifert died, aged 84.

Jaroslav Seifert

Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate

Born 23 September 1901 · died 10 January 1986, aged 84

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Jaroslav Seifert 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.