Adolf Hitler · Alvar Aalto Were Adolf Hitler and Alvar Aalto alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Alvar Aalto were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1898 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 8 when Alvar Aalto was born.Alvar Aalto was 47 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Alvar AaltoFinnish architect and designerBorn 3 February 1898 · died 11 May 1976, aged 78 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerAlvar AaltoRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Alvar Aalto 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.