Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Jean-Paul Sartre alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Jean-Paul Sartre were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1905 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 16 when Jean-Paul Sartre was born.

Jean-Paul Sartre was 39 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

Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher

Born 21 June 1905 · died 15 April 1980, aged 74

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Adolf Hitler and Jean-Paul Sartre 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.