Rudyard Kipling · Adolf Hitler Were Rudyard Kipling and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time? Yes. Rudyard Kipling and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1889 to 1936. Rudyard Kipling was 23 when Adolf Hitler was born.Adolf Hitler was 46 when Rudyard Kipling died, aged 70. Rudyard KiplingEnglish writer and poetBorn 30 December 1865 · died 18 January 1936, aged 70Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56 Karl MarxRudyard KiplingMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson Mandela Rudyard Kipling 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.