Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1897 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 8 when Joseph Goebbels was born.

Joseph Goebbels was 47 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

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister

Born 29 October 1897 · died 1 May 1945, aged 47

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Joseph Goebbels
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. Nelson Mandela
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels 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.