Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and John Major alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and John Major were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1943 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 53 when John Major was born.

John Major was 2 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

John Major

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997

Born 29 March 1943 · living, 83 as of September 2026

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. John Major
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and John Major 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.