Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Yasser Arafat alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Yasser Arafat were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1929 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 40 when Yasser Arafat was born.

Yasser Arafat was 15 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

Yasser Arafat

Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority

Born 4 August 1929 · died 11 November 2004, aged 75

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