Who Was Alive

Were Mahatma Gandhi and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Mahatma Gandhi and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 1 years, from 1946 to 1948.

Mahatma Gandhi was 76 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 1 when Mahatma Gandhi died, aged 78.

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian independence activist

Born 2 October 1869 · died 30 January 1948, aged 78

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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