Lise Meitner · Adolf Hitler Were Lise Meitner and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time? Yes. Lise Meitner and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945. Lise Meitner was 10 when Adolf Hitler was born.Lise Meitner was 66 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Lise MeitnerAustrian-Swedish physicistBorn November 1878 · died 27 October 1968, aged 89Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninLise MeitnerAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Lise Meitner 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.