Katharine Hepburn · Barack Obama Were Katharine Hepburn and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Katharine Hepburn and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1961 to 2003. Katharine Hepburn was 54 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 41 when Katharine Hepburn died, aged 96. Katharine HepburnAmerican actressBorn 12 May 1907 · died 29 June 2003, aged 96Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerKatharine HepburnRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Katharine Hepburn 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.