Who Was Alive

Were Ernst Mach and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Ernst Mach and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1889 to 1916.

Ernst Mach was 51 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 26 when Ernst Mach died, aged 78.

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist

Born 18 February 1838 · died 19 February 1916, aged 78

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. Ernst Mach
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Ernst Mach 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.