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Al Gore

business · Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 · politician

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Barack Obama

politics · President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 · politician

Public office comparison

Level on all 6 scored measures — not enough collected to separate these two.

Only things won are scored. Grey rows are context.

Time in public office

  • 24 yrsYears in officeOverlapping terms counted once20 yrs
  • 3Offices held4
  • 8 yrsLongest single term8 yrs
  • 1977In office since1997
  • Democratic PartyPartyDemocratic Party

Recognition

  • 17Prizes and honours wonExcludes state orders and honorary degrees18
  • —State ordersOften exchanged between states — not scored2
  • 4Honorary doctorates3

Same awards

Awards both have received at least once.

  • 4Honorary doctorate3
  • 2Emmy AwardCounted from Wikidata, which can be incomplete1
  • 1NAACP Image Award – Chairman's AwardCounted from Wikidata, which can be incomplete1
  • 1Nobel PrizeCounted from Wikidata, which can be incomplete1

Profile

  • 78Age65
  • 31 March 1948Born4 August 1961
  • Washington, D.C.BirthplaceKapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
  • United StatesNationalityUnited States
  • politician, financier, businesspersonKnown aspolitician, lawyer, political writer
  • 47 yrsCareer span55 yrs

Coverage on ChronoCite

How much we have collected so far, not a measure of the figure.

  • 141Entries197
  • 7Quotes30
  • 122Records155
  • 12Reported claimsThird-party claims, shown with their rating12
  • 2026Newest entry2026

Career counts come from each figure’s Wikipedia honours section and Wikidata claims. A dash means the source is silent; a zero means the source lists none.