Adolf Hitler · Yasunari Kawabata Were Adolf Hitler and Yasunari Kawabata alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Yasunari Kawabata were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1899 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 10 when Yasunari Kawabata was born.Yasunari Kawabata was 45 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Yasunari KawabataJapanese novelistBorn 11 June 1899 · died 16 April 1972, aged 72 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerYasunari KawabataRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Yasunari Kawabata 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.