Adolf Hitler · Michel Foucault Were Adolf Hitler and Michel Foucault alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Michel Foucault were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1926 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 37 when Michel Foucault was born.Michel Foucault was 18 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Michel FoucaultFrench philosopherBorn 15 October 1926 · died 25 June 1984, aged 57 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaMichel FoucaultDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Michel Foucault 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.