Who Was Alive

Were Otto von Bismarck and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Otto von Bismarck and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1889 to 1898.

Otto von Bismarck was 74 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 9 when Otto von Bismarck died, aged 83.

Otto von Bismarck

German statesman and Chancellor

Born 1 April 1815 · died 30 July 1898, aged 83

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Otto von Bismarck
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Otto von Bismarck 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.