Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Deng Xiaoping alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Deng Xiaoping were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1904 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 15 when Deng Xiaoping was born.

Deng Xiaoping was 40 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

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

Born 22 August 1904 · died 19 February 1997, aged 92

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