Who Was Alive

Were Richard Strauss and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Richard Strauss and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1946 to 1949.

Richard Strauss was 82 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 3 when Richard Strauss died, aged 85.

Richard Strauss

German composer and orchestra director

Born 11 June 1864 · died 8 September 1949, aged 85

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Richard Strauss
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Richard Strauss 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.