Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Donald Knuth alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Donald Knuth were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1938 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 48 when Donald Knuth was born.

Donald Knuth was 7 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

Donald Knuth

American computer scientist and mathematician

Born 10 January 1938 · living, 88 as of September 2026

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