Who Was Alive

Were Truman Capote and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. Truman Capote and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1946 to 1984.

Truman Capote was 21 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 38 when Truman Capote died, aged 59.

Truman Capote

American writer

Born 30 September 1924 · died 25 August 1984, aged 59

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. Truman Capote
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
Truman Capote 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.