Who Was Alive

Were Dmitri Mendeleev and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Dmitri Mendeleev and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1889 to 1907.

Dmitri Mendeleev was 55 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 17 when Dmitri Mendeleev died, aged 72.

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist

Born 27 January 1834 (Julian calendar) · died 20 January 1907 (Julian calendar), aged 72

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Dmitri Mendeleev
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Dmitri Mendeleev 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.