Who Was Alive

Were Yukio Mishima and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Yukio Mishima and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1961 to 1970.

Yukio Mishima was 36 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 9 when Yukio Mishima died, aged 45.

Yukio Mishima

Japanese author

Born 14 January 1925 · died 25 November 1970, aged 45

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Yukio Mishima 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.