Who Was Alive

Were Elinor Ostrom and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Elinor Ostrom and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1946 to 2012.

Elinor Ostrom was 12 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 65 when Elinor Ostrom died, aged 78.

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist

Born 7 August 1933 · died 12 June 2012, aged 78

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. Elinor Ostrom
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Elinor Ostrom 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.