Who Was Alive

Were John Forbes Nash and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. John Forbes Nash and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 68 years, from 1946 to 2015.

John Forbes Nash was 18 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 68 when John Forbes Nash died, aged 86.

John Forbes Nash

American mathematician and economist

Born 13 June 1928 · died 23 May 2015, aged 86

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. John Forbes Nash
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
John Forbes Nash 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.