Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Benedict XVI alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Benedict XVI were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1927 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 37 when Benedict XVI was born.

Benedict XVI was 18 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

Benedict XVI

265 th pope of the Catholic Church

Born 16 April 1927 · died 31 December 2022, aged 95

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