Who Was Alive

Were Liu Xiaobo and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Liu Xiaobo and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1961 to 2017.

Liu Xiaobo was 5 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 55 when Liu Xiaobo died, aged 61.

Liu Xiaobo

Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist

Born 28 December 1955 · died 13 July 2017, aged 61

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Liu Xiaobo
  6. Michael Jackson
  7. Barack Obama
Liu Xiaobo 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.