Who Was Alive

Were Mahatma Gandhi and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Mahatma Gandhi and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi was 19 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Mahatma Gandhi was 75 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian independence activist

Born 2 October 1869 · died 30 January 1948, aged 78

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

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Mahatma Gandhi 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.