Adolf Hitler · Dorothy Hodgkin Were Adolf Hitler and Dorothy Hodgkin alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Dorothy Hodgkin were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1910 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 21 when Dorothy Hodgkin was born.Dorothy Hodgkin was 34 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Dorothy HodgkinBritish chemistBorn 12 May 1910 · died 29 July 1994, aged 84 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerDorothy HodgkinRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Dorothy Hodgkin 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.