Who Was Alive

Were Ernest Rutherford and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Ernest Rutherford and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1889 to 1937.

Ernest Rutherford was 17 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 48 when Ernest Rutherford died, aged 66.

Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand physicist

Born 30 August 1871 · died 19 October 1937, aged 66

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

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  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Vladimir Lenin
  4. Ernest Rutherford
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
Ernest Rutherford 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.