Who Was Alive

Were Hermann Hesse and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Hermann Hesse and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

Hermann Hesse was 11 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Hermann Hesse was 67 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter

Born 2 July 1877 · died 9 August 1962, aged 85

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

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Hermann Hesse 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.