Saul Bellow · Barack Obama Were Saul Bellow and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Saul Bellow and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1961 to 2005. Saul Bellow was 46 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 43 when Saul Bellow died, aged 89. Saul BellowCanadian-American writerBorn 10 June 1915 · died 5 April 2005, aged 89Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganSaul BellowNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Saul Bellow 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.