Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Ludwig Wittgenstein alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ludwig Wittgenstein were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was under a year old when Ludwig Wittgenstein was born.

Both were 56 when Adolf Hitler died.

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician

Born 26 April 1889 · died 29 April 1951, aged 62

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Adolf Hitler and Ludwig Wittgenstein 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.