Adolf Hitler · Paul Samuelson Were Adolf Hitler and Paul Samuelson alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Paul Samuelson were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1915 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 26 when Paul Samuelson was born.Paul Samuelson was 29 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Paul SamuelsonAmerican economistBorn 15 May 1915 · died 13 December 2009, aged 94 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganPaul SamuelsonNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Paul Samuelson 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.