Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Kim Il-sung alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Kim Il-sung were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1912 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 22 when Kim Il-sung was born.

Kim Il-sung was 33 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

Kim Il-sung

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994

Born 15 April 1912 · died 8 July 1994, aged 82

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