Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Paul McCartney alive at the same time?

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

Adolf Hitler was 53 when Paul McCartney was born.

Paul McCartney 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

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles

Born 18 June 1942 · living, 84 as of September 2026

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