Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Kim Jong-il alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Kim Jong-il were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1941 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 51 when Kim Jong-il was born.

Kim Jong-il was 4 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 Jong-il

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

Born 16 February 1941 · died 17 December 2011, aged 70

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