Adolf Hitler · Boris Pasternak Were Adolf Hitler and Boris Pasternak alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Boris Pasternak were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1890 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was under a year old when Boris Pasternak was born.Boris Pasternak was 55 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Boris PasternakRussian writerBorn 29 January 1890 (Julian calendar) · died 30 May 1960, aged 70 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerBoris PasternakRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael Jackson Adolf Hitler and Boris Pasternak 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.