Who Was Alive

Were Hans Bethe and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Hans Bethe and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 58 years, from 1946 to 2005.

Hans Bethe was 39 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 58 when Hans Bethe died, aged 98.

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

Born 2 July 1906 · died 6 March 2005, aged 98

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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