Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1893 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 4 when Mao Zedong was born.

Mao Zedong was 51 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

Mao Zedong

1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China

Born 26 December 1893 · died 9 September 1976, aged 82

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Mao Zedong
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. Nelson Mandela
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  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong 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.