Who Was Alive

Were Ernest Lawrence and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Ernest Lawrence and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1946 to 1958.

Ernest Lawrence was 44 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 12 when Ernest Lawrence died, aged 57.

Ernest Lawrence

American nuclear physicist

Born 8 August 1901 · died 27 August 1958, aged 57

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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