Adolf Hitler · Helmut Schmidt Were Adolf Hitler and Helmut Schmidt alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Helmut Schmidt were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1918 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 29 when Helmut Schmidt was born.Helmut Schmidt was 26 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Helmut SchmidtChancellor of West GermanyBorn 23 December 1918 · died 10 November 2015, aged 96 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaHelmut SchmidtDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Helmut Schmidt 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.