Who Was Alive

Were Ravi Shankar and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Ravi Shankar and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1961 to 2012.

Ravi Shankar was 41 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 51 when Ravi Shankar died, aged 92.

Ravi Shankar

Indian sitar player

Born 7 April 1920 · died 11 December 2012, aged 92

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Ravi Shankar 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.