Who Was Alive

Were Park Chung-hee and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Park Chung-hee and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1961 to 1979.

Park Chung-hee was 43 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 18 when Park Chung-hee died, aged 61.

Park Chung-hee

3rd President of the Republic of Korea

Born 14 November 1917 · died 26 October 1979, aged 61

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Park Chung-hee 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.