Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Tenzin Gyatso alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Tenzin Gyatso were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1935 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 46 when Tenzin Gyatso was born.

Tenzin Gyatso was 9 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

Tenzin Gyatso

14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans

Born 6 July 1935 · living, 91 as of September 2026

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Tenzin Gyatso
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Tenzin Gyatso 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.