Who Was Alive

Were Franz Joseph I of Austria and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Franz Joseph I of Austria and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1889 to 1916.

Franz Joseph I of Austria was 58 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 27 when Franz Joseph I of Austria died, aged 86.

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

Born 18 August 1830 · died 21 November 1916, aged 86

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. Franz Joseph I of Austria
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Franz Joseph I of Austria 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.