Who Was Alive

Were Niels Bohr and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Niels Bohr and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 1 years, from 1961 to 1962.

Niels Bohr was 75 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 1 when Niels Bohr died, aged 77.

Niels Bohr

Danish physicist

Born 7 October 1885 · died 18 November 1962, aged 77

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Niels Bohr 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.