Who Was Alive

Were Mao Zedong and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Mao Zedong and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1961 to 1976.

Mao Zedong was 67 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 15 when Mao Zedong died, aged 82.

Mao Zedong

1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China

Born 26 December 1893 · died 9 September 1976, aged 82

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Mao Zedong 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.