Who Was Alive

Were Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon was 1 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon was 57 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature

Born 8 August 1887 · died 17 February 1970, aged 82

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon 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.