Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Yuri Andropov alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Yuri Andropov were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1914 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 25 when Yuri Andropov was born.

Yuri Andropov was 30 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

Yuri Andropov

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Born 2 June 1914 (Julian calendar) · died 9 February 1984, aged 69

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  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
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  6. Yuri Andropov
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Adolf Hitler and Yuri Andropov 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.