Who Was Alive

Were Sylvia Plath and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Sylvia Plath and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1946 to 1963.

Sylvia Plath was 13 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 16 when Sylvia Plath died, aged 30.

Sylvia Plath

American poet and writer

Born 27 October 1932 · died 11 February 1963, aged 30

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. Sylvia Plath
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Sylvia Plath 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.