Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Miriam Makeba alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Miriam Makeba were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1932 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 42 when Miriam Makeba was born.

Miriam Makeba was 13 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

Miriam Makeba

South African singer and civil rights activist

Born 4 March 1932 · died 9–10 November 2008, aged 76

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