Who Was Alive

Were Peter Higgs and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Peter Higgs and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 62 years, from 1961 to 2024.

Peter Higgs was 32 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 62 when Peter Higgs died, aged 94.

Peter Higgs

British physicist and Nobel Prize winner

Born 29 May 1929 · died 8 April 2024, aged 94

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Peter Higgs 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.