Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Francis Ford Coppola alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Francis Ford Coppola were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1939 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 49 when Francis Ford Coppola was born.

Francis Ford Coppola was 6 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

Born 7 April 1939 · living, 87 as of September 2026

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Francis Ford Coppola
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Francis Ford Coppola 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.