Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Mann and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Mann and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1946 to 1955.

Thomas Mann was 71 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 9 when Thomas Mann died, aged 80.

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate

Born 6 June 1875 · died 12 August 1955, aged 80

Donald Trump

President of the United States

Born 14 June 1946 · living, 80 as of September 2026

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Thomas Mann
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Thomas Mann 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.