Jacinto Benavente · Adolf Hitler Were Jacinto Benavente and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time? Yes. Jacinto Benavente and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945. Jacinto Benavente was 22 when Adolf Hitler was born.Jacinto Benavente was 78 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Jacinto BenaventeSpanish writerBorn 12 August 1866 · died 14 July 1954, aged 87Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56 Karl MarxJacinto BenaventeMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Jacinto Benavente 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.