Who Was Alive

Were Marcel Duchamp and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Marcel Duchamp and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1961 to 1968.

Marcel Duchamp was 74 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 7 when Marcel Duchamp died, aged 81.

Marcel Duchamp

French painter, sculptor, and chess player

Born 28 July 1887 · died 2 October 1968, aged 81

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Marcel Duchamp 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.