Adolf Hitler · Shirley Temple Were Adolf Hitler and Shirley Temple alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Shirley Temple were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1928 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 39 when Shirley Temple was born.Shirley Temple was 17 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Shirley TempleAmerican actress and diplomatBorn 23 April 1928 · died 10 February 2014, aged 85 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaShirley TempleDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Shirley Temple 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.