Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Jean Cocteau alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Jean Cocteau were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1889 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was under a year old when Jean Cocteau was born.

Jean Cocteau was 55 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

Jean Cocteau

French writer and film director

Born 5 July 1889 · died 11 October 1963, aged 74

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Jean Cocteau
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  7. Nelson Mandela
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  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Jean Cocteau 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.