Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and J. Robert Oppenheimer alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and J. Robert Oppenheimer were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1904 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 15 when J. Robert Oppenheimer was born.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was 41 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

J. Robert Oppenheimer

American theoretical physicist

Born 22 April 1904 · died 18 February 1967, aged 62

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Adolf Hitler and J. Robert Oppenheimer 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.