Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Haile Selassie I alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Haile Selassie I were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1892 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 3 when Haile Selassie I was born.

Haile Selassie I was 52 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

Haile Selassie I

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974

Born 23 July 1892 · died 27 August 1975, aged 83

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Haile Selassie I
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. Nelson Mandela
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  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Haile Selassie I 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.