Adolf Hitler · Kurt Waldheim Were Adolf Hitler and Kurt Waldheim alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Kurt Waldheim were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1918 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 29 when Kurt Waldheim was born.Kurt Waldheim was 26 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Kurt WaldheimAustrian politician and diplomatBorn 21 December 1918 · died 14 June 2007, aged 88 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaKurt WaldheimDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Kurt Waldheim 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.