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Barack Obama & Richard Feynman

Did Barack Obama and Richard Feynman live at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Richard Feynman lived at the same time for 27 years, from 1961 to 1988.[1][2][3][4]

Barack Obama · Richard Feynman · Born in 1961 · Born in 1918

Barack Obama
Barack Obama
1961–present
Politics & Leadership
44th US President, first African American president
Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
1918–1988
Science & Invention
Quantum electrodynamics, bongo-playing physicist
19182026
Barack Obama
Richard Feynman
Barack Obama
Politics & Leadership
Born in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Richard Feynman
Science & Invention
Born in Queens
Died in Los Angeles

World Events During Their Overlap

1961 Berlin Wall constructed
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1963 Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
1964 Civil Rights Act signed in the United States
1969 Apollo 11: first humans walk on the Moon
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and independence
1973 1973 oil crisis
1975 Fall of Saigon; Vietnam War ends
1979 Iranian Revolution
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster

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Sources

  1. Barack Obama — Wikipedia
  2. Barack Obama (Q76) — Wikidata
  3. Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
  4. Richard Feynman (Q39246) — Wikidata