Adolf Hitler · Enrico Fermi Were Adolf Hitler and Enrico Fermi alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Enrico Fermi were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1901 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 12 when Enrico Fermi was born.Enrico Fermi was 43 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Enrico FermiItalian–American physicistBorn 29 September 1901 · died 28 November 1954, aged 53 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerEnrico FermiRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Adolf Hitler and Enrico Fermi 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.