Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and V. S. Naipaul alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and V. S. Naipaul were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1932 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 43 when V. S. Naipaul was born.

V. S. Naipaul was 12 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

V. S. Naipaul

Trinidadian-British writer

Born 17 August 1932 · died 11 August 2018, aged 85

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. V. S. Naipaul
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and V. S. Naipaul 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.