Adolf Hitler · Salvador Dalí Were Adolf Hitler and Salvador Dalí alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Salvador Dalí were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1904 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 15 when Salvador Dalí was born.Salvador Dalí was 40 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Salvador DalíSpanish artistBorn 11 May 1904 · died 23 January 1989, aged 84 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerSalvador DalíRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Salvador Dalí 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.