Who Was Alive

Were J. D. Salinger and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. J. D. Salinger and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 63 years, from 1946 to 2010.

J. D. Salinger was 27 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 63 when J. D. Salinger died, aged 91.

J. D. Salinger

American author

Born 1 January 1919 · died 27 January 2010, aged 91

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. J. D. Salinger
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
J. D. Salinger 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.