Adolf Hitler · Orson Welles Were Adolf Hitler and Orson Welles alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Orson Welles were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1915 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 26 when Orson Welles was born.Orson Welles was 29 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Orson WellesAmerican actor and filmmakerBorn 6 May 1915 · died 10 October 1985, aged 70 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganOrson WellesNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Orson Welles 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.