Who Was Alive

Were Herman Melville and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Herman Melville and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1889 to 1891.

Herman Melville was 69 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 2 when Herman Melville died, aged 72.

Herman Melville

American writer and poet

Born 1 August 1819 · died 28 September 1891, aged 72

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