Who Was Alive

Were Sinclair Lewis and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Sinclair Lewis and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1946 to 1951.

Sinclair Lewis was 61 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 4 when Sinclair Lewis died, aged 65.

Sinclair Lewis

American writer and playwright

Born 7 February 1885 · died 10 January 1951, aged 65

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Vladimir Lenin
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Sinclair Lewis
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Sinclair Lewis 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.