Who Was Alive

Were Ho Chi Minh and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Ho Chi Minh and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1946 to 1969.

Ho Chi Minh was 56 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 23 when Ho Chi Minh died, aged 79.

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam

Born 19 May 1890 · died 2 September 1969, aged 79

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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