Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Aretha Franklin alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Aretha Franklin were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1942 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 52 when Aretha Franklin was born.

Aretha Franklin was 3 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

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist

Born 25 March 1942 · died 16 August 2018, aged 76

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