Who Was Alive

Were Edmund Hillary and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Edmund Hillary and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 61 years, from 1946 to 2008.

Edmund Hillary was 26 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 61 when Edmund Hillary died, aged 88.

Edmund Hillary

New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist

Born 20 July 1919 · died 11 January 2008, aged 88

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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