Who Was Alive

Were Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1961 to today.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was 7 when Barack Obama was born.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of Turkey since 2014

Born 26 February 1954 · living, 72 as of September 2026

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 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.