Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Noam Chomsky alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Noam Chomsky were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1928 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 39 when Noam Chomsky was born.

Noam Chomsky 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

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist

Born 7 December 1928 · living, 97 as of September 2026

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