Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and C. S. Lewis alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and C. S. Lewis were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1898 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 9 when C. S. Lewis was born.

C. S. Lewis was 46 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

C. S. Lewis

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar

Born 29 November 1898 · died 22 November 1963, aged 64

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Adolf Hitler and C. S. Lewis 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.