Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Andrei Sakharov alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Andrei Sakharov were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1921 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 32 when Andrei Sakharov was born.

Andrei Sakharov was 23 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

Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist

Born 21 May 1921 · died 14 December 1989, aged 68

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  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Andrei Sakharov
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Adolf Hitler and Andrei Sakharov 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.