Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Leonid Brezhnev alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Leonid Brezhnev were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1906 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 17 when Leonid Brezhnev was born.

Leonid Brezhnev was 38 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

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Born 6 December 1906 (Julian calendar) · died 10 November 1982, aged 75

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  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Leonid Brezhnev
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Adolf Hitler and Leonid Brezhnev 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.