Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Edison and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Edison and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1889 to 1931.

Thomas Edison was 42 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 42 when Thomas Edison died, aged 84.

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman

Born 11 February 1847 · died 18 October 1931, aged 84

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