Adolf Hitler · Joan Crawford Were Adolf Hitler and Joan Crawford alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Joan Crawford were alive at the same time, from 1904–1908 to 1945. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Joan CrawfordAmerican actressBorn 1904–1908 · died 10 May 1977 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerJoan CrawfordRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Joan Crawford 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.