Who Was Alive

Were B. B. King and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. B. B. King and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 68 years, from 1946 to 2015.

B. B. King was 20 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 68 when B. B. King died, aged 89.

B. B. King

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter

Born 16 September 1925 · died 14 May 2015, aged 89

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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  4. B. B. King
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
B. B. King 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.