Adolf Hitler · Eugène Ionesco Were Adolf Hitler and Eugène Ionesco alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Eugène Ionesco were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1909 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 20 when Eugène Ionesco was born.Eugène Ionesco was 35 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Eugène IonescoRomanian-French playwrightBorn 26 November 1909 · died 28 March 1994, aged 84 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerEugène IonescoRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Eugène Ionesco 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.