Who Was Alive

Were Kuan Yew Lee and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Kuan Yew Lee and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 53 years, from 1961 to 2015.

Kuan Yew Lee was 37 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 53 when Kuan Yew Lee died, aged 91.

Kuan Yew Lee

1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore

Born 16 September 1923 · died 23 March 2015, aged 91

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Kuan Yew Lee 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.