Who Was Alive

Were Helmut Schmidt and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Helmut Schmidt and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 69 years, from 1946 to 2015.

Helmut Schmidt was 27 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 69 when Helmut Schmidt died, aged 96.

Helmut Schmidt

Chancellor of West Germany

Born 23 December 1918 · died 10 November 2015, aged 96

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. Helmut Schmidt
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Helmut Schmidt 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.