Who Was Alive

Were Henrik Pontoppidan and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Henrik Pontoppidan and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1889 to 1943.

Henrik Pontoppidan was 31 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 54 when Henrik Pontoppidan died, aged 86.

Henrik Pontoppidan

Danish writer, Nobel Laureate

Born 24 July 1857 · died 21 August 1943, aged 86

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. Henrik Pontoppidan
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Henrik Pontoppidan 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.