Who Was Alive

Were Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1961 to 1970.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon was 73 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 8 when Shmuel Yosef Agnon died, aged 82.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature

Born 8 August 1887 · died 17 February 1970, aged 82

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon 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.