Adolf Hitler · Murray Gell-Mann Were Adolf Hitler and Murray Gell-Mann alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Murray Gell-Mann were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1929 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 40 when Murray Gell-Mann was born.Murray Gell-Mann was 15 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Murray Gell-MannAmerican physicistBorn 15 September 1929 · died 24 May 2019, aged 89 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaMurray Gell-MannDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Murray Gell-Mann 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.