Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Umberto Eco alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Umberto Eco were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1932 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 42 when Umberto Eco was born.

Umberto Eco was 13 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

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

Born 5 January 1932 · died 19 February 2016, aged 84

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Umberto Eco
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  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Umberto Eco 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.