Who Was Alive

Were Henrik Ibsen and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Henrik Ibsen and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1889 to 1906.

Henrik Ibsen was 61 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 17 when Henrik Ibsen died, aged 78.

Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian playwright and theatre director

Born 20 March 1828 · died 23 May 1906, aged 78

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