Adolf Hitler · Jack Kerouac Were Adolf Hitler and Jack Kerouac alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Jack Kerouac were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1922 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 32 when Jack Kerouac was born.Jack Kerouac was 23 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Jack KerouacAmerican writerBorn 12 March 1922 · died 21 October 1969, aged 47 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaJack KerouacDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Jack Kerouac 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.