Who Was Alive

Were Yasunari Kawabata and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Yasunari Kawabata and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1961 to 1972.

Yasunari Kawabata was 62 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 10 when Yasunari Kawabata died, aged 72.

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist

Born 11 June 1899 · died 16 April 1972, aged 72

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Yasunari Kawabata 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.