Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Maya Angelou alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Maya Angelou were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1928 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 38 when Maya Angelou was born.

Maya Angelou was 17 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

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist

Born 4 April 1928 · died 28 May 2014, aged 86

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Maya Angelou
  8. Donald Trump
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Maya Angelou 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.