Who Was Alive

Were Ernest Hemingway and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Ernest Hemingway and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1946 to 1961.

Ernest Hemingway was 46 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 15 when Ernest Hemingway died, aged 61.

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist

Born 21 July 1899 · died 2 July 1961, aged 61

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ernest Hemingway
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Ernest Hemingway 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.