Adolf Hitler · Elinor Ostrom Were Adolf Hitler and Elinor Ostrom alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Elinor Ostrom were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1933 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 44 when Elinor Ostrom was born.Elinor Ostrom was 11 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Elinor OstromAmerican political economistBorn 7 August 1933 · died 12 June 2012, aged 78 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaElinor OstromDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Elinor Ostrom 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.