Who Was Alive

Were Theodor Herzl and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Theodor Herzl and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1889 to 1904.

Theodor Herzl was 28 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 15 when Theodor Herzl died, aged 44.

Theodor Herzl

Father of modern political Zionism

Born 2 May 1860 · died 3 July 1904, aged 44

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