Who Was Alive

Were William Ewart Gladstone and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. William Ewart Gladstone and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1889 to 1898.

William Ewart Gladstone was 79 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 9 when William Ewart Gladstone died, aged 88.

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister

Born 29 December 1809 · died 19 May 1898, aged 88

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. William Ewart Gladstone
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
William Ewart Gladstone 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.