Who Was Alive

Were Léopold Sédar Senghor and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Léopold Sédar Senghor and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1961 to 2001.

Léopold Sédar Senghor was 54 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 40 when Léopold Sédar Senghor died, aged 95.

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist

Born 9 October 1906 · died 20 December 2001, aged 95

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Léopold Sédar Senghor 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.