Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Amartya Sen alive at the same time?

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

Adolf Hitler was 44 when Amartya Sen was born.

Amartya Sen 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

Amartya Sen

Indian economist and philosopher

Born 3 November 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. Amartya Sen
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Amartya Sen 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.