Who Was Alive

Were Selma Lagerlöf and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Selma Lagerlöf and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1889 to 1940.

Selma Lagerlöf was 30 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 50 when Selma Lagerlöf died, aged 81.

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish writer

Born 20 November 1858 · died 16 March 1940, 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. Selma Lagerlöf
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Selma Lagerlöf 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.