Who Was Alive

Were Charles Thomson Rees Wilson and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1946 to 1959.

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was 77 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 13 when Charles Thomson Rees Wilson died, aged 90.

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Scottish physicist and meteorologist

Born 14 February 1869 · died 15 November 1959, aged 90

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 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.