Who Was Alive

Were Margaret Mead and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Margaret Mead and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978.

Margaret Mead was 44 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 32 when Margaret Mead died, aged 76.

Margaret Mead

American anthropologist

Born 16 December 1901 · died 15 November 1978, aged 76

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
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  8. Barack Obama
Margaret Mead 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.