Who Was Alive

Were Stephen Hawking and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Stephen Hawking and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 71 years, from 1946 to 2018.

Stephen Hawking was 4 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 71 when Stephen Hawking died, aged 76.

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author

Born 8 January 1942 · died 14 March 2018, 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. Stephen Hawking
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Stephen Hawking 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.