Who Was Alive

Were Johannes Diderik van der Waals and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Johannes Diderik van der Waals and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1889 to 1923.

Johannes Diderik van der Waals was 51 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 33 when Johannes Diderik van der Waals died, aged 85.

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Dutch physicist

Born 23 November 1837 · died 8 March 1923, 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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  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
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Johannes Diderik van der Waals 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.