Adolf Hitler · Erwin Rommel Were Adolf Hitler and Erwin Rommel alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Erwin Rommel were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1891 to 1944. Adolf Hitler was 2 when Erwin Rommel was born.Adolf Hitler was 55 when Erwin Rommel died, aged 52. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Erwin RommelGerman field marshalBorn 15 November 1891 · died 14 October 1944, aged 52 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerErwin RommelRonald ReaganNelson Mandela Adolf Hitler and Erwin Rommel 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.