Who Was Alive

Were Kim Jong-il and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Kim Jong-il and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1946 to 2011.

Kim Jong-il was 5 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 65 when Kim Jong-il died, aged 70.

Kim Jong-il

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

Born 16 February 1941 · died 17 December 2011, aged 70

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 Jong-il
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Kim Jong-il 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.