Who Was Alive

Were Abdul Hamid II and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Abdul Hamid II and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1889 to 1918.

Abdul Hamid II was 46 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 28 when Abdul Hamid II died, aged 75.

Abdul Hamid II

34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 21 September 1842 · died 10 February 1918, aged 75

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Abdul Hamid II
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Abdul Hamid II and Adolf Hitler 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.