Who was born first, Donald Trump or J.R.R. Tolkien?

J.R.R. Tolkien was born first, in 1892. Donald Trump was born in 1946.

Donald Trump & J.R.R. Tolkien

Did Donald Trump and J.R.R. Tolkien live at the same time?

Yes. Donald Trump and J.R.R. Tolkien lived at the same time for 27 years, from 1946 to 1973.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Donald Trump · J.R.R. Tolkien · Born in 1946 · Born in 1892

Donald Trump

1946–present

Politics & Leadership

45th and 47th President of the United States

J.R.R. Tolkien

1892–1973

Literature

The Lord of the Rings, Middle-earth

18922026

Donald Trump

J.R.R. Tolkien

Donald Trump

Politics & Leadership

Born in Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

J.R.R. Tolkien

Literature

World Events During Their Overlap

1947 India and Pakistan gain independence

1948 State of Israel established

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted

1949 People's Republic of China proclaimed

1950 Korean War begins

1953 Watson and Crick discover DNA structure

1955 Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

1957 Sputnik launched; Space Age begins

1959 Cuban Revolution; Castro takes power

1961 Berlin Wall constructed

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

1963 Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

1964 Civil Rights Act signed in the United States

1969 Apollo 11: first humans walk on the Moon

1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and independence

1973 1973 oil crisis

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Sources

Donald Trump — Wikipedia
Donald Trump (Q22686) — Wikidata
J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
J.R.R. Tolkien (Q892) — Wikidata