Who Was Alive

Were Pius XI and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Pius XI and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 49 years, from 1889 to 1939.

Pius XI was 31 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 49 when Pius XI died, aged 81.

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

Born 31 May 1857 · died 10 February 1939, aged 81

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