Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Tomas Tranströmer alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Tomas Tranströmer were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1931 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 41 when Tomas Tranströmer was born.

Tomas Tranströmer was 14 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

Tomas Tranströmer

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator

Born 15 April 1931 · died 26 March 2015, aged 83

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  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Tomas Tranströmer
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Adolf Hitler and Tomas Tranströmer 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.