Adolf Hitler · Charlton Heston Were Adolf Hitler and Charlton Heston alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Charlton Heston were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1923 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 34 when Charlton Heston was born.Charlton Heston was 21 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Charlton HestonAmerican actorBorn 4 October 1923 · died 5 April 2008, aged 84 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaCharlton HestonDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Charlton Heston 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.