Who Was Alive

Were Kim Il-sung and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Kim Il-sung and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1946 to 1994.

Kim Il-sung was 34 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 48 when Kim Il-sung died, aged 82.

Kim Il-sung

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994

Born 15 April 1912 · died 8 July 1994, aged 82

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. Kim Il-sung
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Kim Il-sung 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.