Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Chinua Achebe alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Chinua Achebe were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1930 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 41 when Chinua Achebe was born.

Chinua Achebe was 14 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

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

Born 16 November 1930 · died 21 March 2013, aged 82

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Chinua Achebe
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Chinua Achebe 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.