Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Desmond Tutu alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Desmond Tutu were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1931 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 42 when Desmond Tutu was born.

Desmond Tutu was 13 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

Desmond Tutu

South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner

Born 7 October 1931 · died 26 December 2021, aged 90

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