Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Mikhail Kalashnikov and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013.

Mikhail Kalashnikov was 41 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 52 when Mikhail Kalashnikov died, aged 94.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Soviet and Russian small arms designer

Born 10 November 1919 · died 23 December 2013, aged 94

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Mikhail Kalashnikov 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.