Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Walter Benjamin alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Walter Benjamin were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1892 to 1940.

Adolf Hitler was 3 when Walter Benjamin was born.

Adolf Hitler was 51 when Walter Benjamin died, aged 48.

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

Walter Benjamin

German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic

Born 15 July 1892 · died 26 September 1940, aged 48

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Walter Benjamin
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. Nelson Mandela
Adolf Hitler and Walter Benjamin 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.