Adolf Hitler · Heinrich Böll Were Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Böll alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Böll were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1917 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 28 when Heinrich Böll was born.Heinrich Böll was 27 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Heinrich BöllGerman writerBorn 21 December 1917 · died 16 July 1985, aged 67 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganHeinrich BöllNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Böll 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.