Adolf Hitler · Ravi Shankar Were Adolf Hitler and Ravi Shankar alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Ravi Shankar were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1920 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 30 when Ravi Shankar was born.Ravi Shankar was 25 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Ravi ShankarIndian sitar playerBorn 7 April 1920 · died 11 December 2012, aged 92 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaRavi ShankarDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Ravi Shankar 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.