Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr. alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr. were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1929 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 39 when Martin Luther King Jr. was born.

Martin Luther King Jr. was 16 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

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader

Born 15 January 1929 · died 4 April 1968, aged 39

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