Adolf Hitler · Nadine Gordimer Were Adolf Hitler and Nadine Gordimer alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Nadine Gordimer were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1923 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 34 when Nadine Gordimer was born.Nadine Gordimer was 21 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Nadine GordimerSouth African writerBorn 20 November 1923 · died 13 July 2014, aged 90 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaNadine GordimerDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Nadine Gordimer 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.