Adolf Hitler · Ruhollah Khomeini Were Adolf Hitler and Ruhollah Khomeini alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ruhollah Khomeini were alive at the same time, from 1900–1902 to 1945. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Ruhollah KhomeiniSupreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989Born 1900–1902 · died 1989 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRuhollah KhomeiniRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Ruhollah Khomeini 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.