Adolf Hitler · Harold Pinter Were Adolf Hitler and Harold Pinter alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Harold Pinter were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1930 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 41 when Harold Pinter was born.Harold Pinter was 14 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Harold PinterBritish playwrightBorn 10 October 1930 · died 24 December 2008, aged 78 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaHarold PinterDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Harold Pinter 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.