Who Was Alive

Were Walt Whitman and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Walt Whitman and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1889 to 1892.

Walt Whitman was 69 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 2 when Walt Whitman died, aged 72.

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

Born 31 May 1819 · died 26 March 1892, aged 72

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