Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Hannah Arendt alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Hannah Arendt were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1906 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 17 when Hannah Arendt was born.

Hannah Arendt was 38 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

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher

Born 14 October 1906 · died 4 December 1975, aged 69

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Hannah Arendt
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. Nelson Mandela
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Hannah Arendt 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.