Adolf Hitler · Kwame Nkrumah Were Adolf Hitler and Kwame Nkrumah alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Kwame Nkrumah were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1909 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 20 when Kwame Nkrumah was born.Kwame Nkrumah was 35 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Kwame NkrumahGhanaian politicianBorn 21 September 1909 · died 27 April 1972, aged 62 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerKwame NkrumahRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Kwame Nkrumah 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.