Who Was Alive

Were Yasser Arafat and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Yasser Arafat and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1961 to 2004.

Yasser Arafat was 32 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 43 when Yasser Arafat died, aged 75.

Yasser Arafat

Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority

Born 4 August 1929 · died 11 November 2004, aged 75

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Yasser Arafat 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.