Adolf Hitler · Halldór Laxness Were Adolf Hitler and Halldór Laxness alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Halldór Laxness were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1902 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 13 when Halldór Laxness was born.Halldór Laxness was 43 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Halldór LaxnessIcelandic authorBorn 23 April 1902 · died 8 February 1998, aged 95 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerHalldór LaxnessRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Halldór Laxness 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.