Who Was Alive

Were Frederick Douglass and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Frederick Douglass and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1889 to 1895.

Frederick Douglass was 71 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 5 when Frederick Douglass died, aged 77.

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist

Born 14 February 1818 · died 20 February 1895, aged 77

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

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