Adolf Hitler · Margaret Mead Were Adolf Hitler and Margaret Mead alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Margaret Mead were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1901 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 12 when Margaret Mead was born.Margaret Mead was 43 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Margaret MeadAmerican anthropologistBorn 16 December 1901 · died 15 November 1978, aged 76 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerMargaret MeadRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Margaret Mead 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.