Who Was Alive

Were Mother Teresa and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Mother Teresa and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1961 to 1997.

Mother Teresa was 50 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 36 when Mother Teresa died, aged 87.

Mother Teresa

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary

Born 26 August 1910 · died 5 September 1997, aged 87

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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  3. Mother Teresa
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  5. Nelson Mandela
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  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Mother Teresa 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.