Who Was Alive

Were Halldór Laxness and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Halldór Laxness and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1946 to 1998.

Halldór Laxness was 44 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 51 when Halldór Laxness died, aged 95.

Halldór Laxness

Icelandic author

Born 23 April 1902 · died 8 February 1998, aged 95

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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