Adolf Hitler · Samuel Beckett Were Adolf Hitler and Samuel Beckett alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Samuel Beckett were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1906 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 16 when Samuel Beckett was born.Samuel Beckett was 39 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Samuel BeckettIrish writerBorn 13 April 1906 · died 22 December 1989, aged 83 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerSamuel BeckettRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Samuel Beckett 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.