Adolf Hitler · Kirk Douglas Were Adolf Hitler and Kirk Douglas alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Kirk Douglas were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1916 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 27 when Kirk Douglas was born.Kirk Douglas was 28 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Kirk DouglasAmerican actorBorn 9 December 1916 · died 5 February 2020, aged 103 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganKirk DouglasNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Kirk Douglas 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.