Adolf Hitler · Jürgen Habermas Were Adolf Hitler and Jürgen Habermas alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Jürgen Habermas were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1929 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 40 when Jürgen Habermas was born.Jürgen Habermas was 15 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Jürgen HabermasGerman sociologist and philosopherBorn 18 June 1929 · died 14 March 2026, aged 96 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaJürgen HabermasDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Jürgen Habermas 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.