Who Was Alive

Were Georg Cantor and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Georg Cantor and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1889 to 1918.

Georg Cantor was 44 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 28 when Georg Cantor died, aged 72.

Georg Cantor

German mathematician, inventor of set theory

Born 3 March 1845 · died 6 January 1918, aged 72

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

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  2. Karl Marx
  3. Georg Cantor
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
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Georg Cantor 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.