Who Was Alive

Were Konrad Lorenz and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Konrad Lorenz and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1961 to 1989.

Konrad Lorenz was 57 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 27 when Konrad Lorenz died, aged 85.

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973

Born 7 November 1903 · died 27 February 1989, aged 85

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Konrad Lorenz 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.