Who Was Alive

Were Max Born and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Max Born and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1961 to 1970.

Max Born was 78 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 8 when Max Born died, aged 87.

Max Born

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician

Born 11 December 1882 · died 5 January 1970, aged 87

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Max Born
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Max Born 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.