Adolf Hitler · Pär Lagerkvist Were Adolf Hitler and Pär Lagerkvist alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Pär Lagerkvist were alive at the same time for 53 years, from 1891 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 2 when Pär Lagerkvist was born.Pär Lagerkvist was 53 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Pär LagerkvistSwedish writerBorn 23 May 1891 · died 11 July 1974, aged 83 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerPär LagerkvistRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Pär Lagerkvist 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.