Virginia Woolf · Adolf Hitler Were Virginia Woolf and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time? Yes. Virginia Woolf and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1889 to 1941. Virginia Woolf was 7 when Adolf Hitler was born.Adolf Hitler was 51 when Virginia Woolf died, aged 59. Virginia WoolfEnglish modernist writerBorn 25 January 1882 · died 28 March 1941, aged 59Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56 Karl MarxMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinVirginia WoolfAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson Mandela Virginia Woolf 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.