Who Was Alive

Were Herbert Spencer and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Herbert Spencer and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1889 to 1903.

Herbert Spencer was 68 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 14 when Herbert Spencer died, aged 83.

Herbert Spencer

English philosopher and political theorist

Born 27–28 April 1820 · died 8 December 1903, aged 83

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