Adolf Hitler · Gao Xingjian Were Adolf Hitler and Gao Xingjian alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Gao Xingjian were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1940 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 50 when Gao Xingjian was born.Gao Xingjian was 5 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Gao XingjianChinese novelist and playwrightBorn 4 January 1940 · living, 86 as of September 2026 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaGao XingjianDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Gao Xingjian 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.