Who Was Alive

Were William Somerset Maugham and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. William Somerset Maugham and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

William Somerset Maugham was 15 when Adolf Hitler was born.

William Somerset Maugham was 71 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

William Somerset Maugham

English playwright and author

Born 25 January 1874 · died 16 December 1965, aged 91

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

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William Somerset Maugham 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.