Adolf Hitler · Vladimir Mayakovsky Were Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Mayakovsky alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Mayakovsky were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1893 to 1930. Adolf Hitler was 4 when Vladimir Mayakovsky was born.Adolf Hitler was 40 when Vladimir Mayakovsky died, aged 36. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Vladimir MayakovskyRussian and Soviet poetBorn 19 July 1893 · died 14 April 1930, aged 36 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerVladimir MayakovskyRonald ReaganNelson Mandela Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Mayakovsky 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.