Who Was Alive

Were Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1889 to 1934.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal was 36 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 45 when Santiago Ramón y Cajal died, aged 82.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Spanish scientist

Born 1 May 1852 · died 17 October 1934, aged 82

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. Santiago Ramón y Cajal
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Santiago Ramón y Cajal 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.