Who Was Alive

Were Seamus Heaney and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Seamus Heaney and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 67 years, from 1946 to 2013.

Seamus Heaney was 7 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 67 when Seamus Heaney died, aged 74.

Seamus Heaney

Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer

Born 13 April 1939 · died 30 August 2013, aged 74

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
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Seamus Heaney 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.