Who Was Alive

Were G. K. Chesterton and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. G. K. Chesterton and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1889 to 1936.

G. K. Chesterton was 14 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 47 when G. K. Chesterton died, aged 62.

G. K. Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist

Born 29 May 1874 · died 14 June 1936, aged 62

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. G. K. Chesterton
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
G. K. Chesterton 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.