Adolf Hitler · William Shockley Were Adolf Hitler and William Shockley alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and William Shockley were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1910 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 20 when William Shockley was born.William Shockley was 35 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56William ShockleyAmerican physicist and inventorBorn 13 February 1910 · died 12 August 1989, aged 79 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerWilliam ShockleyRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and William Shockley 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.