Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Yuri Gagarin were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1934 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 44 when Yuri Gagarin was born.

Yuri Gagarin was 11 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 Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space

Born 9 March 1934 · died 27 March 1968, aged 34

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Yuri Gagarin
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  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Yuri Gagarin 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.