Who Was Alive

Were Edmund Husserl and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Edmund Husserl and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 49 years, from 1889 to 1938.

Edmund Husserl was 30 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 49 when Edmund Husserl died, aged 79.

Edmund Husserl

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology

Born 8 April 1859 · died 27 April 1938, aged 79

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. Edmund Husserl
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Edmund Husserl 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.