Saint-John Perse · Barack Obama Were Saint-John Perse and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Saint-John Perse and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1961 to 1975. Saint-John Perse was 74 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 14 when Saint-John Perse died, aged 88. Saint-John PerseFrench poet and diplomatBorn 31 May 1887 · died 20 September 1975, aged 88Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinSaint-John PerseAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Saint-John Perse 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.