Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Muhammadu Buhari alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Muhammadu Buhari were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1942 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 53 when Muhammadu Buhari was born.

Muhammadu Buhari was 2 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

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria from 1983 to 1985 and 2015 to 2025

Born 17 December 1942 · died 13 July 2025, aged 82

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