Childhood
age 0–12 · 1946–1958
18 notable deaths
Teenage Years
age 13–19 · 1959–1965
11 notable deaths
Young Adult
age 20–35 · 1966–1981
35 notable deaths
Middle Age
age 36–55 · 1982–2001
29 notable deaths
Senior Years
age 56+ · 2002–2026
35 notable deaths
1946
H.G. Wells
1866–1946
Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Donald Trump was 0 years old
1947
Henry Ford
1863–1947
Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Donald Trump was 1 years old
1947
Max Planck
1858–1947
Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Donald Trump was 1 years old
1948
Mahatma Gandhi
1869–1948
Politics & Leadership
Nonviolent independence leader of India
Donald Trump was 2 years old
1948
Orville Wright
1871–1948
Science & Invention
Co-inventor of the airplane
Donald Trump was 2 years old
1948
Babe Ruth
1895–1948
Sports
Baseball's Sultan of Swat
Donald Trump was 2 years old
1950
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George Orwell
1903–1950
Literature
1984, Animal Farm
Donald Trump was 4 years old
1952
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Eva Perón
1919–1952
Politics & Leadership
Argentina's beloved Evita
Donald Trump was 6 years old
1954
Enrico Fermi
1901–1954
Science & Invention
Father of the nuclear age, first nuclear reactor
Donald Trump was 8 years old
1954
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Frida Kahlo
1907–1954
Art
Self-portraits, Mexican cultural icon
Donald Trump was 8 years old
1954
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Alan Turing
1912–1954
Science & Invention
Father of computer science, codebreaker
Donald Trump was 8 years old
1955
Albert Einstein
1879–1955
Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Donald Trump was 9 years old
1955
Alexander Fleming
1881–1955
Science & Invention
Discovered penicillin
Donald Trump was 9 years old
1955
James Dean
1931–1955
Film & Entertainment
Rebel Without a Cause, died at 24
Donald Trump was 9 years old
1956
Jackson Pollock
1912–1956
Art
Action painting, abstract expressionism
Donald Trump was 10 years old
1957
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Diego Rivera
1886–1957
Art
Mexican muralist, political artist
Donald Trump was 11 years old
1957
Humphrey Bogart
1899–1957
Film & Entertainment
Casablanca, Hollywood icon
Donald Trump was 11 years old
1958
Rosalind Franklin
1920–1958
Science & Invention
Key to discovering DNA's structure
Donald Trump was 12 years old
1959
Billie Holiday
1915–1959
Music
Strange Fruit, jazz vocal legend
Donald Trump was 13 years old
1961
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Carl Jung
1875–1961
Philosophy & Thought
Analytical psychology, archetypes
Donald Trump was 15 years old
1961
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Erwin Schrödinger
1887–1961
Science & Invention
Schrödinger's cat, wave equation
Donald Trump was 15 years old
1961
Ernest Hemingway
1899–1961
Literature
The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel laureate
Donald Trump was 15 years old
1961
Patrice Lumumba
1925–1961
Politics & Leadership
First Prime Minister of independent Congo
Donald Trump was 15 years old
1962
Niels Bohr
1885–1962
Science & Invention
Atomic model, quantum mechanics pioneer
Donald Trump was 16 years old
1962
Marilyn Monroe
1926–1962
Film & Entertainment
Hollywood icon, cultural legend
Donald Trump was 16 years old
1963
John F. Kennedy
1917–1963
Politics & Leadership
35th US President, Space Race
Donald Trump was 17 years old
1963
Sylvia Plath
1932–1963
Literature
The Bell Jar, confessional poetry
Donald Trump was 17 years old
1964
Rachel Carson
1907–1964
Activism & Social Change
Silent Spring, environmental movement
Donald Trump was 18 years old
1965
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Winston Churchill
1874–1965
Politics & Leadership
British PM who led WWII effort
Donald Trump was 19 years old
1966
Buster Keaton
1895–1966
Film & Entertainment
Silent film comedian, The General
Donald Trump was 20 years old
1966
Walt Disney
1901–1966
Film & Entertainment
Created Mickey Mouse, Disney empire
Donald Trump was 20 years old
1967
Robert Oppenheimer
1904–1967
Science & Invention
Father of the atomic bomb
Donald Trump was 21 years old
1967
Che Guevara
1928–1967
Politics & Leadership
Argentine revolutionary icon
Donald Trump was 21 years old
1968
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Lise Meitner
1878–1968
Science & Invention
Discovered nuclear fission, overlooked for Nobel
Donald Trump was 22 years old
1968
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929–1968
Activism & Social Change
"I Have a Dream," civil rights leader
Donald Trump was 22 years old
1968
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Yuri Gagarin
1934–1968
Exploration
First human in space
Donald Trump was 22 years old
1969
Ho Chi Minh
1890–1969
Politics & Leadership
Revolutionary leader of Vietnam
Donald Trump was 23 years old
1969
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1890–1969
Politics & Leadership
WWII Supreme Commander, 34th US President
Donald Trump was 23 years old
1970
Charles de Gaulle
1890–1970
Politics & Leadership
Leader of Free France, French President
Donald Trump was 24 years old
1970
Jimi Hendrix
1942–1970
Music
Greatest electric guitarist of all time
Donald Trump was 24 years old
1970
Janis Joplin
1943–1970
Music
Piece of My Heart, rock and blues
Donald Trump was 24 years old
1971
Igor Stravinsky
1882–1971
Music
The Rite of Spring, modern classical
Donald Trump was 25 years old
1971
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Coco Chanel
1883–1971
Business & Industry
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5
Donald Trump was 25 years old
1971
Louis Armstrong
1901–1971
Music
What a Wonderful World, jazz trumpet
Donald Trump was 25 years old
1971
Jim Morrison
1943–1971
Music
The Doors, Light My Fire
Donald Trump was 25 years old
1972
Kwame Nkrumah
1909–1972
Politics & Leadership
First President of Ghana
Donald Trump was 26 years old
1972
Jackie Robinson
1919–1972
Sports
Broke baseball's color barrier
Donald Trump was 26 years old
1973
Pablo Picasso
1881–1973
Art
Cubism, Guernica, most prolific artist
Donald Trump was 27 years old
1973
J.R.R. Tolkien
1892–1973
Literature
The Lord of the Rings, Middle-earth
Donald Trump was 27 years old
1973
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Bruce Lee
1940–1973
Film & Entertainment
Martial arts legend, Enter the Dragon
Donald Trump was 27 years old
1974
Duke Ellington
1899–1974
Music
Jazz legend, big band pioneer
Donald Trump was 28 years old
1975
Haile Selassie
1892–1975
Politics & Leadership
Emperor of Ethiopia, Rastafari symbol
Donald Trump was 29 years old
1975
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Hannah Arendt
1906–1975
Philosophy & Thought
The Banality of Evil, political theorist
Donald Trump was 29 years old
1976
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Agatha Christie
1890–1976
Literature
Best-selling mystery novelist ever
Donald Trump was 30 years old
1976
Mao Zedong
1893–1976
Politics & Leadership
Founder of the People's Republic of China
Donald Trump was 30 years old
1976
Werner Heisenberg
1901–1976
Science & Invention
Uncertainty principle, quantum mechanics pioneer
Donald Trump was 30 years old
1977
Charlie Chaplin
1889–1977
Film & Entertainment
The Tramp, silent film legend
Donald Trump was 31 years old
1977
Elvis Presley
1935–1977
Music
The King of Rock and Roll
Donald Trump was 31 years old
1978
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Golda Meir
1898–1978
Politics & Leadership
Fourth Prime Minister of Israel
Donald Trump was 32 years old
1980
Alfred Hitchcock
1899–1980
Film & Entertainment
Master of Suspense — Psycho, Vertigo
Donald Trump was 34 years old
1980
Jean-Paul Sartre
1905–1980
Philosophy & Thought
Existentialism, declined the Nobel Prize
Donald Trump was 34 years old
1980
Jesse Owens
1913–1980
Sports
4 gold medals at 1936 Berlin Olympics
Donald Trump was 34 years old
1980
John Lennon
1940–1980
Music
The Beatles, Imagine
Donald Trump was 34 years old
1981
Bob Marley
1945–1981
Music
Reggae icon, One Love
Donald Trump was 35 years old
1982
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Grace Kelly
1929–1982
Film & Entertainment
Hollywood star turned Princess of Monaco
Donald Trump was 36 years old
1984
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Indira Gandhi
1917–1984
Politics & Leadership
First female Prime Minister of India
Donald Trump was 38 years old
1985
Orson Welles
1915–1985
Film & Entertainment
Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds broadcast
Donald Trump was 39 years old
1986
Georgia O'Keeffe
1887–1986
Art
Mother of American modernism
Donald Trump was 40 years old
1986
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Jorge Luis Borges
1899–1986
Literature
Labyrinths, master of magical realism
Donald Trump was 40 years old
1986
Simone de Beauvoir
1908–1986
Philosophy & Thought
The Second Sex, feminist existentialist
Donald Trump was 40 years old
1987
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Andy Warhol
1928–1987
Art
Pop art icon, Campbell's Soup Cans
Donald Trump was 41 years old
1987
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James Baldwin
1924–1987
Literature
Go Tell It on the Mountain, civil rights essayist
Donald Trump was 41 years old
1988
Richard Feynman
1918–1988
Science & Invention
Quantum electrodynamics, bongo-playing physicist
Donald Trump was 42 years old
1988
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960–1988
Art
Neo-expressionist street art icon
Donald Trump was 42 years old
1989
Hirohito
1901–1989
Politics & Leadership
Emperor of Japan during WWII
Donald Trump was 43 years old
1989
Salvador Dalí
1904–1989
Art
The Persistence of Memory, surrealist
Donald Trump was 43 years old
1990
Roald Dahl
1916–1990
Literature
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Donald Trump was 44 years old
1990
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Keith Haring
1958–1990
Art
Pop art and graffiti-inspired works
Donald Trump was 44 years old
1991
Freddie Mercury
1946–1991
Music
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
Donald Trump was 45 years old
1993
Audrey Hepburn
1929–1993
Film & Entertainment
Breakfast at Tiffany's, humanitarian
Donald Trump was 47 years old
1994
Dorothy Hodgkin
1910–1994
Science & Invention
Nobel Prize for X-ray crystallography of biochemical substances
Donald Trump was 48 years old
1994
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Kurt Cobain
1967–1994
Music
Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
Donald Trump was 48 years old
1996
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Ella Fitzgerald
1917–1996
Music
First Lady of Song, jazz icon
Donald Trump was 50 years old
1996
Carl Sagan
1934–1996
Science & Invention
Cosmos, pale blue dot, science communicator
Donald Trump was 50 years old
1996
Tupac Shakur
1971–1996
Music
Influential rapper, Changes
Donald Trump was 50 years old
1997
Mother Teresa
1910–1997
Activism & Social Change
Missionary of Charity in Calcutta
Donald Trump was 51 years old
1997
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Jacques Cousteau
1910–1997
Exploration
Ocean explorer, pioneered scuba diving
Donald Trump was 51 years old
1997
Princess Diana
1961–1997
Activism & Social Change
People's Princess, humanitarian
Donald Trump was 51 years old
1998
Akira Kurosawa
1910–1998
Film & Entertainment
Seven Samurai, master filmmaker
Donald Trump was 52 years old
1998
Frank Sinatra
1915–1998
Music
My Way, Ol' Blue Eyes
Donald Trump was 52 years old
1999
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Stanley Kubrick
1928–1999
Film & Entertainment
2001: A Space Odyssey, perfectionist auteur
Donald Trump was 53 years old
2000
Hedy Lamarr
1914–2000
Science & Invention
Hollywood star who co-invented frequency hopping
Donald Trump was 54 years old
2001
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George Harrison
1943–2001
Music
The Beatles, My Sweet Lord
Donald Trump was 55 years old
2003
Bob Hope
1903–2003
Film & Entertainment
Comedian, entertainer for 80+ years
Donald Trump was 57 years old
2003
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Johnny Cash
1932–2003
Music
The Man in Black, country music legend
Donald Trump was 57 years old
2004
Marlon Brando
1924–2004
Film & Entertainment
The Godfather, method acting pioneer
Donald Trump was 58 years old
2004
Ray Charles
1930–2004
Music
The Genius of Soul, Georgia On My Mind
Donald Trump was 58 years old
2005
Rosa Parks
1913–2005
Activism & Social Change
Mother of the civil rights movement
Donald Trump was 59 years old
2007
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Ingmar Bergman
1918–2007
Film & Entertainment
The Seventh Seal, master of art cinema
Donald Trump was 61 years old
2008
Edmund Hillary
1919–2008
Exploration
First to summit Mount Everest
Donald Trump was 62 years old
2008
Heath Ledger
1979–2008
Film & Entertainment
The Dark Knight's Joker
Donald Trump was 62 years old
2009
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Michael Jackson
1958–2009
Music
King of Pop, Thriller
Donald Trump was 63 years old
2011
Elizabeth Taylor
1932–2011
Film & Entertainment
Cleopatra, golden age Hollywood star
Donald Trump was 65 years old
2011
Steve Jobs
1955–2011
Business & Industry
Co-founded Apple, changed technology
Donald Trump was 65 years old
2011
Amy Winehouse
1983–2011
Music
Back to Black, soulful voice
Donald Trump was 65 years old
2011
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Wangari Maathai
1940–2011
Activism & Social Change
Kenyan environmentalist, first African woman Nobel laureate
Donald Trump was 65 years old
2012
Neil Armstrong
1930–2012
Exploration
First human to walk on the Moon
Donald Trump was 66 years old
2012
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Whitney Houston
1963–2012
Music
The Voice, I Will Always Love You
Donald Trump was 66 years old
2013
Nelson Mandela
1918–2013
Politics & Leadership
Anti-apartheid hero, South African President
Donald Trump was 67 years old
2013
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Margaret Thatcher
1925–2013
Politics & Leadership
The Iron Lady, British Prime Minister
Donald Trump was 67 years old
2013
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Chinua Achebe
1930–2013
Literature
Things Fall Apart, father of modern African literature
Donald Trump was 67 years old
2014
Gabriel García Márquez
1927–2014
Literature
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Donald Trump was 68 years old
2014
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Maya Angelou
1928–2014
Literature
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Donald Trump was 68 years old
2014
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Robin Williams
1951–2014
Film & Entertainment
Good Will Hunting, comedy genius
Donald Trump was 68 years old
2015
B.B. King
1925–2015
Music
King of the Blues
Donald Trump was 69 years old
2016
Fidel Castro
1926–2016
Politics & Leadership
Cuban revolutionary leader
Donald Trump was 70 years old
2016
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Vera Rubin
1928–2016
Science & Invention
Discovered evidence for dark matter
Donald Trump was 70 years old
2016
Muhammad Ali
1942–2016
Sports
The Greatest, heavyweight boxing champion
Donald Trump was 70 years old
2016
David Bowie
1947–2016
Music
Ziggy Stardust, musical chameleon
Donald Trump was 70 years old
2016
Prince
1958–2016
Music
Purple Rain, multi-instrumentalist genius
Donald Trump was 70 years old
2018
Stan Lee
1922–2018
Film & Entertainment
Co-created Spider-Man, X-Men, Marvel
Donald Trump was 72 years old
2018
Aretha Franklin
1942–2018
Music
Queen of Soul, Respect
Donald Trump was 72 years old
2018
Stephen Hawking
1942–2018
Science & Invention
Black holes, A Brief History of Time
Donald Trump was 72 years old
2019
Toni Morrison
1931–2019
Literature
Beloved, Nobel Prize in Literature
Donald Trump was 73 years old
2020
Kobe Bryant
1978–2020
Sports
NBA legend, Mamba Mentality
Donald Trump was 74 years old
2021
Desmond Tutu
1931–2021
Activism & Social Change
Anti-apartheid cleric, Nobel Peace Prize
Donald Trump was 75 years old
2022
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Pelé
1940–2022
Sports
The King of Football, 3 World Cups
Donald Trump was 76 years old
2025
Pope Francis
1936–2025
Philosophy & Thought
First pope from the Americas
Donald Trump was 79 years old
Today — 2026
Donald Trump is 80 years old