Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Jorge Luis Borges alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Jorge Luis Borges were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1899 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 10 when Jorge Luis Borges was born.

Jorge Luis Borges was 45 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

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator

Born 24 August 1899 · died 14 June 1986, aged 86

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