Who Was Alive

Were Leon Trotsky and Ronald Reagan alive at the same time?

Yes. Leon Trotsky and Ronald Reagan were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1911 to 1940.

Leon Trotsky was 31 when Ronald Reagan was born.

Ronald Reagan was 29 when Leon Trotsky died, aged 60.

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary

Born 26 October 1879 (Julian calendar) · died 21 August 1940, aged 60

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

Born 6 February 1911 · died 5 June 2004, aged 93

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Leon Trotsky
  5. Adolf Hitler
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. Donald Trump
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Leon Trotsky and Ronald Reagan 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.