Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Stephen Hawking alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Stephen Hawking were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1942 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 52 when Stephen Hawking was born.

Stephen Hawking was 3 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

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author

Born 8 January 1942 · died 14 March 2018, aged 76

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