Adolf Hitler · Elizabeth Taylor Were Adolf Hitler and Elizabeth Taylor alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Elizabeth Taylor were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1932 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 42 when Elizabeth Taylor was born.Elizabeth Taylor was 13 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Elizabeth TaylorBritish-American actressBorn 27 February 1932 · died 23 March 2011, aged 79 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaElizabeth TaylorDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Elizabeth Taylor 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.