Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Richard Dawkins alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Richard Dawkins were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1941 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 51 when Richard Dawkins was born.

Richard Dawkins was 4 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

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

Born 26 March 1941 · living, 85 as of September 2026

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