Adolf Hitler · Akira Kurosawa Were Adolf Hitler and Akira Kurosawa alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Akira Kurosawa were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1910 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 20 when Akira Kurosawa was born.Akira Kurosawa was 35 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Akira KurosawaJapanese filmmakerBorn 23 March 1910 · died 6 September 1998, aged 88 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerAkira KurosawaRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Akira Kurosawa 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.