Adolf Hitler · Ernest Hemingway Were Adolf Hitler and Ernest Hemingway alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ernest Hemingway were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1899 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 10 when Ernest Hemingway was born.Ernest Hemingway was 45 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Ernest HemingwayAmerican author and journalistBorn 21 July 1899 · died 2 July 1961, aged 61 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerErnest HemingwayRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael Jackson Adolf Hitler and Ernest Hemingway 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.