Adolf Hitler · Allen Ginsberg Were Adolf Hitler and Allen Ginsberg alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Allen Ginsberg were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1926 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 37 when Allen Ginsberg was born.Allen Ginsberg was 18 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Allen GinsbergAmerican poet and writerBorn 3 June 1926 · died 5 April 1997, aged 70 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaAllen GinsbergDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Allen Ginsberg 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.