Who Was Alive

Were Pierre de Coubertin and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Pierre de Coubertin and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1889 to 1937.

Pierre de Coubertin was 26 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 48 when Pierre de Coubertin died, aged 74.

Pierre de Coubertin

Founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian

Born 1 January 1863 · died 2 September 1937, 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. Pierre de Coubertin
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
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Pierre de Coubertin 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.