Who Was Alive

Were Muammar Gaddafi and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Muammar Gaddafi and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1961 to 2011.

Muammar Gaddafi was 19 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 50 when Muammar Gaddafi died, aged 69.

Muammar Gaddafi

Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya

Born 7–19 June 1942 · died 20 October 2011, aged 69

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. Muammar Gaddafi
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Muammar Gaddafi 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.