Adolf Hitler · Ella Fitzgerald Were Adolf Hitler and Ella Fitzgerald alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ella Fitzgerald were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1917 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 28 when Ella Fitzgerald was born.Ella Fitzgerald was 28 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Ella FitzgeraldAmerican jazz singerBorn 25 April 1917 · died 15 June 1996, aged 79 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganElla FitzgeraldNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Ella Fitzgerald 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.