Adolf Hitler · Irène Joliot-Curie Were Adolf Hitler and Irène Joliot-Curie alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Irène Joliot-Curie were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1897 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 8 when Irène Joliot-Curie was born.Irène Joliot-Curie was 47 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Irène Joliot-CurieFrench chemist and physicistBorn 12 September 1897 · died 17 March 1956, aged 58 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerIrène Joliot-CurieRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Adolf Hitler and Irène Joliot-Curie 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.