Adolf Hitler · Che Guevara Were Adolf Hitler and Che Guevara alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Che Guevara were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1928 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 39 when Che Guevara was born.Che Guevara was 16 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Che GuevaraArgentine Marxist revolutionaryBorn 14 June 1928 · died 9 October 1967, aged 39 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaChe GuevaraDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Che Guevara 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.