Who Was Alive

Were Pearl S. Buck and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Pearl S. Buck and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1961 to 1973.

Pearl S. Buck was 69 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 11 when Pearl S. Buck died, aged 80.

Pearl S. Buck

Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary

Born 26 June 1892 · died 6 March 1973, aged 80

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Pearl S. Buck 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.