Adolf Hitler · Ray Bradbury Were Adolf Hitler and Ray Bradbury alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ray Bradbury were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1920 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 31 when Ray Bradbury was born.Ray Bradbury was 24 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Ray BradburyAmerican author and screenwriterBorn 22 August 1920 · died 5 June 2012, aged 91 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaRay BradburyDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Ray Bradbury 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.