Adolf Hitler · Ian Fleming Were Adolf Hitler and Ian Fleming alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ian Fleming were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1908 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 19 when Ian Fleming was born.Ian Fleming was 36 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Ian FlemingBritish authorBorn 28 May 1908 · died 12 August 1964, aged 56 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerIan FlemingRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Ian Fleming 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.