Adolf Hitler · Ernest Lawrence Were Adolf Hitler and Ernest Lawrence alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ernest Lawrence were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1901 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 12 when Ernest Lawrence was born.Ernest Lawrence was 43 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Ernest LawrenceAmerican nuclear physicistBorn 8 August 1901 · died 27 August 1958, aged 57 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerErnest LawrenceRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Adolf Hitler and Ernest Lawrence 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.