Who Was Alive

Were Knut Hamsun and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Knut Hamsun and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1946 to 1952.

Knut Hamsun was 86 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 5 when Knut Hamsun died, aged 92.

Knut Hamsun

Norwegian novelist

Born 4 August 1859 · died 19 February 1952, aged 92

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Knut Hamsun
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Knut Hamsun 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.