Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Arthur C. Clarke alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Arthur C. Clarke were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1917 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 28 when Arthur C. Clarke was born.

Arthur C. Clarke was 27 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

Arthur C. Clarke

British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist

Born 16 December 1917 · died 19 March 2008, aged 90

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Arthur C. Clarke
  7. Nelson Mandela
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  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Arthur C. Clarke 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.