Adolf Hitler · Greta Garbo Were Adolf Hitler and Greta Garbo alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Greta Garbo were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1905 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 16 when Greta Garbo was born.Greta Garbo was 39 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Greta GarboSwedish-American actressBorn 18 September 1905 · died 15 April 1990, aged 84 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerGreta GarboRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Greta Garbo 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.