Who Was Alive

Were Henryk Sienkiewicz and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Henryk Sienkiewicz and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1889 to 1916.

Henryk Sienkiewicz was 42 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 27 when Henryk Sienkiewicz died, aged 70.

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate

Born 5 May 1846 · died 15 November 1916, aged 70

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