Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Thomas Hardy and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1889 to 1928.

Thomas Hardy was 48 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 38 when Thomas Hardy died, aged 87.

Thomas Hardy

English novelist and poet

Born 2 June 1840 · died 11 January 1928, aged 87

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