Who Was Alive

Were Suharto and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Suharto and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1961 to 2008.

Suharto was 40 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 46 when Suharto died, aged 86.

Suharto

2nd President of Indonesia (1968—1998) and Acting President of Indonesia

Born 8 June 1921 · died 27 January 2008, aged 86

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Suharto
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Suharto 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.