Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Jack Nicholson alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Jack Nicholson were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1937 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 48 when Jack Nicholson was born.

Jack Nicholson was 8 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

Jack Nicholson

American actor and filmmaker

Born 22 April 1937 · living, 89 as of September 2026

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Jack Nicholson
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Jack Nicholson 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.