Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Mikhail Gorbachev alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Mikhail Gorbachev were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1931 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 41 when Mikhail Gorbachev was born.

Mikhail Gorbachev was 14 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

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

Born 2 March 1931 · died 30 August 2022, aged 91

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