Adolf Hitler · Idi Amin Were Adolf Hitler and Idi Amin alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Idi Amin were alive at the same time, from 1923–1928 to 1945. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Idi AminPresident of UgandaBorn 1923–1928 · died 16 August 2003 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaIdi AminDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Idi Amin 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.