Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and David Attenborough alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and David Attenborough were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1926 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 37 when David Attenborough was born.

David Attenborough was 18 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

David Attenborough

British broadcaster and naturalist

Born 8 May 1926 · living, 100 as of September 2026

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