Who Was Alive

Were Johannes Brahms and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Johannes Brahms and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1889 to 1897.

Johannes Brahms was 55 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 7 when Johannes Brahms died, aged 63.

Johannes Brahms

German composer

Born 7 May 1833 · died 3 April 1897, aged 63

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