Adolf Hitler · Eugenio Montale Were Adolf Hitler and Eugenio Montale alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Eugenio Montale were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1896 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 7 when Eugenio Montale was born.Eugenio Montale was 48 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Eugenio MontaleItalian poetBorn 12 October 1896 · died 12 September 1981, aged 84 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerEugenio MontaleRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Eugenio Montale 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.