Who Was Alive

Were Mark Twain and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Mark Twain and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1889 to 1910.

Mark Twain was 53 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 21 when Mark Twain died, aged 74.

Mark Twain

American author and humorist

Born 30 November 1835 · died 21 April 1910, aged 74

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