Who Was Alive

Were Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1961 to 1995.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was 50 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 34 when Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar died, aged 84.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

Born 19 October 1910 · died 21 August 1995, aged 84

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 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.