Adolf Hitler · Naguib Mahfouz Were Adolf Hitler and Naguib Mahfouz alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Naguib Mahfouz were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1911 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 22 when Naguib Mahfouz was born.Naguib Mahfouz was 33 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Naguib MahfouzEgyptian writerBorn 11 December 1911 · died 30 August 2006, aged 94 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNaguib MahfouzNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Naguib Mahfouz 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.