Adolf Hitler · Bing Crosby Were Adolf Hitler and Bing Crosby alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Bing Crosby were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1903 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 14 when Bing Crosby was born.Bing Crosby was 41 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Bing CrosbyAmerican singer and actorBorn 3 May 1903 · died 14 October 1977, aged 74 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerBing CrosbyRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Bing Crosby 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.