Who Was Alive

Were L. L. Zamenhof and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. L. L. Zamenhof and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1889 to 1917.

L. L. Zamenhof was 29 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 27 when L. L. Zamenhof died, aged 57.

L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto

Born 15 December 1859 · died 14 April 1917, aged 57

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