Adolf Hitler · Tenzing Norgay Were Adolf Hitler and Tenzing Norgay alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Tenzing Norgay were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1914 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 25 when Tenzing Norgay was born.Tenzing Norgay was 30 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Tenzing NorgayNepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineerBorn 1–31 May 1914 · died 9 May 1986, aged 71 or 72 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganTenzing NorgayNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Tenzing Norgay 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.