Who Was Alive

Were Kurt Vonnegut and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Kurt Vonnegut and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1961 to 2007.

Kurt Vonnegut was 38 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 45 when Kurt Vonnegut died, aged 84.

Kurt Vonnegut

American author

Born 11 November 1922 · died 11 April 2007, aged 84

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Kurt Vonnegut 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.