Adolf Hitler · Sylvia Plath Were Adolf Hitler and Sylvia Plath alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Sylvia Plath were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1932 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 43 when Sylvia Plath was born.Sylvia Plath was 12 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Sylvia PlathAmerican poet and writerBorn 27 October 1932 · died 11 February 1963, aged 30 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaSylvia PlathDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Sylvia Plath 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.