Shirley Temple · Barack Obama Were Shirley Temple and Barack Obama alive at the same time? Yes. Shirley Temple and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1961 to 2014. Shirley Temple was 33 when Barack Obama was born.Barack Obama was 52 when Shirley Temple died, aged 85. Shirley TempleAmerican actress and diplomatBorn 23 April 1928 · died 10 February 2014, aged 85Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesBorn 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026 Albert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaShirley TempleDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael JacksonBarack Obama Shirley Temple 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.