Who Was Alive

Were Mikhail Gorbachev and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Mikhail Gorbachev and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 61 years, from 1961 to 2022.

Mikhail Gorbachev was 30 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 61 when Mikhail Gorbachev died, aged 91.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

Born 2 March 1931 · died 30 August 2022, aged 91

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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