Who Was Alive

Were Saddam Hussein and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Saddam Hussein and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1961 to 2006.

Saddam Hussein was 24 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 45 when Saddam Hussein died, aged 69.

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003

Born 28 April 1937 · died 30 December 2006, aged 69

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Saddam Hussein 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.