Who Was Alive

Were Pablo Escobar and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Pablo Escobar and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1961 to 1993.

Pablo Escobar was 11 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 32 when Pablo Escobar died, aged 44.

Pablo Escobar

Colombian politician and drug lord

Born 1 December 1949 · died 2 December 1993, aged 44

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Pablo Escobar 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.