Who Was Alive

Were Richard Stallman and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Richard Stallman and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1961 to today.

Richard Stallman was 8 when Barack Obama was born.

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

Born 16 March 1953 · living, 73 as of September 2026

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Ronald Reagan
  3. Nelson Mandela
  4. Donald Trump
  5. Vladimir Putin
  6. Richard Stallman
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Richard Stallman 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.