Coco Chanel · Adolf Hitler Were Coco Chanel and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time? Yes. Coco Chanel and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945. Coco Chanel was 5 when Adolf Hitler was born.Coco Chanel was 61 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Coco ChanelFrench fashion designerBorn 19 August 1883 · died 10 January 1971, aged 87Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinCoco ChanelAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Coco Chanel 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.