Who Was Alive

Were Alexander Fleming and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexander Fleming and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

Alexander Fleming was 7 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Alexander Fleming was 63 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate

Born 6 August 1881 · died 11 March 1955, aged 73

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Vladimir Lenin
  4. Albert Einstein
  5. Alexander Fleming
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
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  10. Vladimir Putin
Alexander Fleming and Adolf Hitler 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.