Who Was Alive

Were Pol Pot and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Pol Pot and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1961 to 1998.

Pol Pot was 36 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 36 when Pol Pot died, aged 72.

Pol Pot

Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea

Born 19 May 1925 · died 15 April 1998, aged 72

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Pol Pot
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Pol Pot 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.