Adolf Hitler · Johnny Cash Were Adolf Hitler and Johnny Cash alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Johnny Cash were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1932 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 42 when Johnny Cash was born.Johnny Cash was 13 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Johnny CashAmerican country singerBorn 26 February 1932 · died 12 September 2003, aged 71 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaJohnny CashDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Johnny Cash 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.