Adolf Hitler · Umm Kulthum Were Adolf Hitler and Umm Kulthum alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Umm Kulthum were alive at the same time, from 1898–1906 to 1945. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Umm KulthumEgyptian singer and actressBorn 1898–1906 · died 3 February 1975 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerUmm KulthumRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Umm Kulthum 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.