Adolf Hitler · Tennessee Williams Were Adolf Hitler and Tennessee Williams alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Tennessee Williams were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1911 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 21 when Tennessee Williams was born.Tennessee Williams was 34 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Tennessee WilliamsAmerican playwrightBorn 26 March 1911 · died 25 February 1983, aged 71 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganTennessee WilliamsNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Tennessee Williams 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.