Adolf Hitler · Mikhail Sholokhov Were Adolf Hitler and Mikhail Sholokhov alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Mikhail Sholokhov were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1905 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 16 when Mikhail Sholokhov was born.Mikhail Sholokhov was 39 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Mikhail SholokhovSoviet writerBorn 11 May 1905 (Julian calendar) · died 21 February 1984, aged 78 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerMikhail SholokhovRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Mikhail Sholokhov 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.