Who Was Alive

Were Émile Durkheim and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Émile Durkheim and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1889 to 1917.

Émile Durkheim was 31 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 28 when Émile Durkheim died, aged 59.

Émile Durkheim

French sociologist

Born 15 April 1858 · died 15 November 1917, aged 59

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Émile Durkheim
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Émile Durkheim 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.