Adolf Hitler · Pyotr Kapitsa Were Adolf Hitler and Pyotr Kapitsa alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Pyotr Kapitsa were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1894 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 5 when Pyotr Kapitsa was born.Pyotr Kapitsa was 50 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Pyotr KapitsaSoviet physicistBorn 26 June 1894 (Julian calendar) · died 8 April 1984, aged 89 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerPyotr KapitsaRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Pyotr Kapitsa 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.