Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Valentina Tereshkova alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Valentina Tereshkova were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1937 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 47 when Valentina Tereshkova was born.

Valentina Tereshkova was 8 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

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

Born 6 March 1937 · living, 89 as of September 2026

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