Who Was Alive

Were Deng Xiaoping and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Deng Xiaoping and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1946 to 1997.

Deng Xiaoping was 41 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 50 when Deng Xiaoping died, aged 92.

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

Born 22 August 1904 · died 19 February 1997, aged 92

Donald Trump

President of the United States

Born 14 June 1946 · living, 80 as of September 2026

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Deng Xiaoping
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Deng Xiaoping and Donald Trump 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.