Who Was Alive

Were Steve Jobs and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Steve Jobs and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1961 to 2011.

Steve Jobs was 6 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 50 when Steve Jobs died, aged 56.

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.

Born 24 February 1955 · died 5 October 2011, aged 56

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Steve Jobs 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.