Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and François Mitterrand alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and François Mitterrand were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1916 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 27 when François Mitterrand was born.

François Mitterrand was 28 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

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

Born 26 October 1916 · died 8 January 1996, aged 79

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. François Mitterrand
  7. Nelson Mandela
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  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and François Mitterrand 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.