Adolf Hitler · Patrick White Were Adolf Hitler and Patrick White alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Patrick White were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1912 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 23 when Patrick White was born.Patrick White was 32 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Patrick WhiteEnglish-born Australian writerBorn 28 May 1912 · died 30 September 1990, aged 78 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganPatrick WhiteNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Patrick White 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.