Who Was Alive

Were Nikita Khrushchev and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Nikita Khrushchev and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1961 to 1971.

Nikita Khrushchev was 67 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 10 when Nikita Khrushchev died, aged 77.

Nikita Khrushchev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

Born 3 April 1894 (Julian calendar) · died 11 September 1971, aged 77

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Nikita Khrushchev 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.