Who Was Alive

Were Gabriel García Márquez and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Gabriel García Márquez and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 67 years, from 1946 to 2014.

Gabriel García Márquez was 19 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 67 when Gabriel García Márquez died, aged 87.

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate

Born 6 March 1927 · died 17 April 2014, aged 87

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
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  4. Gabriel García Márquez
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Gabriel García Márquez 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.