Who Was Alive

Were V. S. Naipaul and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. V. S. Naipaul and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 72 years, from 1946 to 2018.

V. S. Naipaul was 13 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 72 when V. S. Naipaul died, aged 85.

V. S. Naipaul

Trinidadian-British writer

Born 17 August 1932 · died 11 August 2018, aged 85

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. V. S. Naipaul
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
V. S. Naipaul 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.