Barack Obama & Wangari Maathai
Did Barack Obama and Wangari Maathai live at the same time?
Yes. Barack Obama and Wangari Maathai lived at the same time for 50 years, from 1961 to 2011.[1][2][3][4]
Barack Obama · Wangari Maathai · Born in 1961 · Born in 1940
Barack Obama
1961–present
Politics & Leadership
44th US President, first African American president
Wangari Maathai
1940–2011
Activism & Social Change
Kenyan environmentalist, first African woman Nobel laureate
How Barack Obama and Wangari Maathai Are Connected
- Barack Obama's father studied in America through the same program as Maathai. In 2006 she and then-Senator Obama planted a tree together in Nairobi's Uhuru Park.[3]
Barack Obama
Politics & Leadership
Born in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Wangari Maathai
Activism & Social Change
Born in Nyeri
Died in Nairobi
World Events During Their Overlap
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1973 1973 oil crisis
1979 Iranian Revolution
1994 Rwandan genocide
2001 September 11 attacks
2010 Arab Spring begins
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Sources
- Barack Obama — Wikipedia
- Barack Obama (Q76) — Wikidata
- Wangarĩ Maathai — Wikipedia
- Wangari Maathai (Q46795) — Wikidata