Who Was Alive

Were Werner Heisenberg and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Werner Heisenberg and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1961 to 1976.

Werner Heisenberg was 59 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 14 when Werner Heisenberg died, aged 74.

Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

Born 5 December 1901 · died 1 February 1976, aged 74

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. Werner Heisenberg
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Werner Heisenberg 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.