Adolf Hitler · Bobby Fischer Were Adolf Hitler and Bobby Fischer alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Bobby Fischer were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1943 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 53 when Bobby Fischer was born.Bobby Fischer was 2 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Bobby FischerAmerican chess playerBorn 9 March 1943 · died 17 January 2008, aged 64 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaBobby FischerDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Bobby Fischer 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.