Who Was Alive

Were H. G. Wells and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. H. G. Wells and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

H. G. Wells was 22 when Adolf Hitler was born.

H. G. Wells was 78 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

H. G. Wells

English writer

Born 21 September 1866 · died 13 August 1946, aged 79

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Karl Marx
  2. H. G. Wells
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Vladimir Lenin
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
  9. Donald Trump
H. G. Wells 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.