Who Was Alive

Were Paul von Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Paul von Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1889 to 1934.

Paul von Hindenburg was 41 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 45 when Paul von Hindenburg died, aged 86.

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany

Born 2 October 1847 · died 2 August 1934, aged 86

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. Paul von Hindenburg
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Paul von Hindenburg 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.