Who Was Alive

Were William Butler Yeats and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. William Butler Yeats and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 49 years, from 1889 to 1939.

William Butler Yeats was 23 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 49 when William Butler Yeats died, aged 73.

William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and playwright

Born 13 June 1865 · died 28 January 1939, aged 73

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

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William Butler Yeats 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.