Who Was Alive

Were Gerhart Hauptmann and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Gerhart Hauptmann and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

Gerhart Hauptmann was 26 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Gerhart Hauptmann was 82 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Gerhart Hauptmann

German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912

Born 15 November 1862 · died 6 June 1946, aged 83

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

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  2. Karl Marx
  3. Gerhart Hauptmann
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
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Gerhart Hauptmann 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.