Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Ian McKellen alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ian McKellen were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1939 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 50 when Ian McKellen was born.

Ian McKellen was 5 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

Ian McKellen

British actor

Born 25 May 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. Ian McKellen
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Ian McKellen 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.