Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Helmut Kohl alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Helmut Kohl were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1930 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 40 when Helmut Kohl was born.

Helmut Kohl was 15 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

Helmut Kohl

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany

Born 3 April 1930 · died 16 June 2017, aged 87

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  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
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  7. Helmut Kohl
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Adolf Hitler and Helmut Kohl 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.