Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Akihito alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Akihito were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1933 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 44 when Akihito was born.

Akihito was 11 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

Born 23 December 1933 · living, 92 as of September 2026

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Akihito
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Akihito 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.