Who Was Alive

Were Robert Koch and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

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

Robert Koch was 45 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 21 when Robert Koch died, aged 66.

Robert Koch

German physician, bacteriologist

Born 11 December 1843 · died 27 May 1910, aged 66

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