Adolf Hitler · Marlon Brando Were Adolf Hitler and Marlon Brando alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Marlon Brando were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1924 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 34 when Marlon Brando was born.Marlon Brando was 21 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Marlon BrandoAmerican actorBorn 3 April 1924 · died 1 July 2004, aged 80 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaMarlon BrandoDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Marlon Brando 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.