Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Edmund Hillary alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Edmund Hillary were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1919 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 30 when Edmund Hillary was born.

Edmund Hillary was 25 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

Edmund Hillary

New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist

Born 20 July 1919 · died 11 January 2008, aged 88

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