Who Was Alive

Were George Bernard Shaw and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. George Bernard Shaw and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

George Bernard Shaw was 32 when Adolf Hitler was born.

George Bernard Shaw was 88 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist

Born 26 July 1856 · died 2 November 1950, aged 94

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Karl Marx
  2. George Bernard Shaw
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Vladimir Lenin
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
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George Bernard Shaw 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.