Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Carl Sagan alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Carl Sagan were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1934 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 45 when Carl Sagan was born.

Carl Sagan was 10 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

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author

Born 9 November 1934 · died 20 December 1996, aged 62

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