Who Was Alive

Were Adolf Hitler and Susan Sontag alive at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Susan Sontag were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1933 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler was 43 when Susan Sontag was born.

Susan Sontag was 12 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

Susan Sontag

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist

Born 16 January 1933 · died 28 December 2004, aged 71

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Adolf Hitler
  5. Ronald Reagan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Susan Sontag
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  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler and Susan Sontag 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.