Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Sidney Poitier alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Sidney Poitier were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1927 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 37 when Sidney Poitier was born.

Sidney Poitier was 18 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

Sidney Poitier

Bahamian and American actor and diplomat

Born 20 February 1927 · died 6 January 2022, aged 94

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