Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Nelson Mandela alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Nelson Mandela were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1918 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 29 when Nelson Mandela was born.

Nelson Mandela was 26 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

Nelson Mandela

President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist

Born 18 July 1918 · died 5 December 2013, aged 95

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