Who Was Alive

Were Ferdinand de Saussure and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Ferdinand de Saussure and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1889 to 1913.

Ferdinand de Saussure was 31 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 23 when Ferdinand de Saussure died, aged 55.

Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist and philosopher

Born 26 November 1857 · died 22 February 1913, aged 55

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. Ferdinand de Saussure
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Ferdinand de Saussure 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.