Who Was Alive

Were O. Henry and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

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

O. Henry was 26 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 21 when O. Henry died, aged 47.

O. Henry

American short story writer

Born 11 September 1862 · died 5 June 1910, aged 47

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