Who Was Alive

Were Miguel Ángel Asturias and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Miguel Ángel Asturias and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1961 to 1974.

Miguel Ángel Asturias was 61 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 12 when Miguel Ángel Asturias died, aged 74.

Miguel Ángel Asturias

Guatemalan writer and diplomat

Born 19 October 1899 · died 9 June 1974, aged 74

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Miguel Ángel Asturias 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.