Who Was Alive

Were Miriam Makeba and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Miriam Makeba and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 62 years, from 1946 to 2008.

Miriam Makeba was 14 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 62 when Miriam Makeba died, aged 76.

Miriam Makeba

South African singer and civil rights activist

Born 4 March 1932 · died 9–10 November 2008, aged 76

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. Miriam Makeba
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Miriam Makeba 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.