Who Was Alive

Were Mao Zedong and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Mao Zedong and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1946 to 1976.

Mao Zedong was 52 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 30 when Mao Zedong died, aged 82.

Mao Zedong

1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China

Born 26 December 1893 · died 9 September 1976, aged 82

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Mao Zedong
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Mao Zedong 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.