Who Was Alive

Were William Shockley and Donald Trump alive at the same time?

Yes. William Shockley and Donald Trump were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1946 to 1989.

William Shockley was 36 when Donald Trump was born.

Donald Trump was 43 when William Shockley died, aged 79.

William Shockley

American physicist and inventor

Born 13 February 1910 · died 12 August 1989, aged 79

Donald Trump

President of the United States

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

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. William Shockley
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Michael Jackson
  8. Barack Obama
William Shockley 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.