Who Was Alive

Were Hannah Arendt and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Hannah Arendt and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1946 to 1975.

Hannah Arendt was 39 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 29 when Hannah Arendt died, aged 69.

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher

Born 14 October 1906 · died 4 December 1975, aged 69

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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