Adolf Hitler · Margaret Mitchell Were Adolf Hitler and Margaret Mitchell alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Margaret Mitchell were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1900 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 11 when Margaret Mitchell was born.Margaret Mitchell was 44 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Margaret MitchellAmerican author and journalistBorn 8 November 1900 · died 16 August 1949, aged 48 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerMargaret MitchellRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald Trump Adolf Hitler and Margaret Mitchell 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.