Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Derek Walcott alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Derek Walcott were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1930 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 40 when Derek Walcott was born.

Derek Walcott was 15 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

Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright

Born 23 January 1930 · died 17 March 2017, aged 87

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