Who Was Alive

Were Jomo Kenyatta and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Jomo Kenyatta and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1961 to 1978.

Jomo Kenyatta was 67 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 17 when Jomo Kenyatta died, aged 84.

Jomo Kenyatta

First Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya

Born 20 October 1893 · died 22 August 1978, aged 84

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Jomo Kenyatta 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.