Who Was Alive

Were Konstantin Chernenko and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Konstantin Chernenko and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1961 to 1985.

Konstantin Chernenko was 49 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 23 when Konstantin Chernenko died, aged 73.

Konstantin Chernenko

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Born 11 September 1911 (Julian calendar) · died 10 March 1985, aged 73

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Konstantin Chernenko 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.