Adolf Hitler · James Brown Were Adolf Hitler and James Brown alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and James Brown were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1933 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 44 when James Brown was born.James Brown was 11 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56James BrownAmerican musicianBorn 3 May 1933 · died 25 December 2006, aged 73 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaJames BrownDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and James Brown 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.