Adolf Hitler · Paul Newman Were Adolf Hitler and Paul Newman alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Paul Newman were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1925 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 35 when Paul Newman was born.Paul Newman was 20 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Paul NewmanAmerican actorBorn 26 January 1925 · died 26 September 2008, aged 83 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaPaul NewmanDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Paul Newman 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.