Who Was Alive

Were Václav Havel and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

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

Václav Havel was 24 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 50 when Václav Havel died, aged 75.

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic

Born 5 October 1936 · died 18 December 2011, aged 75

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. Václav Havel
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Václav Havel 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.