Adolf Hitler · Marguerite Yourcenar Were Adolf Hitler and Marguerite Yourcenar alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Marguerite Yourcenar were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1903 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 14 when Marguerite Yourcenar was born.Marguerite Yourcenar was 41 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Marguerite YourcenarFrench novelist and essayistBorn 8 June 1903 · died 17 December 1987, aged 84 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerMarguerite YourcenarRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Marguerite Yourcenar 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.