Who Was Alive

Were John Updike and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. John Updike and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 62 years, from 1946 to 2009.

John Updike was 14 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 62 when John Updike died, aged 76.

John Updike

American novelist, poet

Born 18 March 1932 · died 27 January 2009, aged 76

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. John Updike
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
John Updike 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.