Who Was Alive

Were Elie Wiesel and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Elie Wiesel and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 70 years, from 1946 to 2016.

Elie Wiesel was 17 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 70 when Elie Wiesel died, aged 87.

Elie Wiesel

Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor

Born 30 September 1928 · died 2 July 2016, aged 87

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. Elie Wiesel
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Elie Wiesel 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.