Who Was Alive

Were D. H. Lawrence and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. D. H. Lawrence and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1889 to 1930.

D. H. Lawrence was 3 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 40 when D. H. Lawrence died, aged 44.

D. H. Lawrence

English writer and poet

Born 11 September 1885 · died 2 March 1930, aged 44

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vladimir Lenin
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. D. H. Lawrence
  5. Adolf Hitler
  6. Ronald Reagan
  7. Nelson Mandela
D. H. Lawrence 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.