Adolf Hitler · Janis Joplin Were Adolf Hitler and Janis Joplin alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Janis Joplin were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1943 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 53 when Janis Joplin was born.Janis Joplin was 2 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Janis JoplinAmerican singerBorn 19 January 1943 · died 4 October 1970, aged 27 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaJanis JoplinDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Janis Joplin 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.