Who Was Alive

Were Arthur Conan Doyle and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Arthur Conan Doyle and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1889 to 1930.

Arthur Conan Doyle was 29 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 41 when Arthur Conan Doyle died, aged 71.

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician

Born 22 May 1859 · died 7 July 1930, aged 71

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

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  2. Karl Marx
  3. Arthur Conan Doyle
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
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Arthur Conan Doyle and Adolf Hitler 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.