Who Was Alive

Were Robert Mugabe and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Mugabe and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 58 years, from 1961 to 2019.

Robert Mugabe was 37 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 58 when Robert Mugabe died, aged 95.

Robert Mugabe

2nd President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

Born 21 February 1924 · died 6 September 2019, aged 95

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Robert Mugabe 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.