Who Was Alive

Were Max von Laue and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Max von Laue and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1946 to 1960.

Max von Laue was 66 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 13 when Max von Laue died, aged 80.

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

Born 9 October 1879 · died 24 April 1960, aged 80

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

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