Who Was Alive

Were Kim Il-sung and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Kim Il-sung and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1961 to 1994.

Kim Il-sung was 49 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 32 when Kim Il-sung died, aged 82.

Kim Il-sung

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994

Born 15 April 1912 · died 8 July 1994, aged 82

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Kim Il-sung 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.