Who Was Alive

Were Martin Luther King Jr. and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Martin Luther King Jr. and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1946 to 1968.

Martin Luther King Jr. was 17 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 21 when Martin Luther King Jr. died, aged 39.

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader

Born 15 January 1929 · died 4 April 1968, aged 39

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Martin Luther King Jr.
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Martin Luther King Jr. 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.