Who Was Alive

Were Zhou Enlai and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

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

Zhou Enlai was 63 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 14 when Zhou Enlai died, aged 77.

Zhou Enlai

1st Premier of the People's Republic of China

Born 5 March 1898 · died 8 January 1976, aged 77

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

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

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Zhou Enlai 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.